- (v.i.) To engage in riot; to act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting or the like; to revel; to run riot; to go to excess.
- (n.) Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
- (n.) Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
- (n.) The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object.
- (v.i.) To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See Riot, n., 3.
- (v.t.) To spend or pass in riot.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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