| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| reveled | imp. & past participle | of Revel |
| reveler | noun | One who revels. |
| revelry | noun | The act of engaging in a revel; noisy festivity; reveling. |
| revenge | verb t. | To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; — followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer., To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously., To take vengeance; — with, The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil., The disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury. |
| revenue | noun | That which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species of property, real or personal; income., Hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise., The annual yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and receives into the treasury for public use. |
| revered | imp. & past participle | of Revere |
| reverer | noun | One who reveres. |
| reverie | noun | Alt. of Revery |
| reverse | adjective | Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method., Turned upside down; greatly disturbed., Reversed; as, a reverse shell., That which appears or is presented when anything, as a lance, a line, a course of conduct, etc., is reverted or turned contrary to its natural direction., That which is directly opposite or contrary to something else; a contrary; an opposite., The act of reversing; complete change; reversal; hence, total change in circumstances or character; especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check or defeat; as, the enemy met with a reverse., The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse., A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke., A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed., To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart., To cause to return; to recall., To change totally; to alter to the opposite., To turn upside down; to invert., Hence, to overthrow; to subvert., To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree., To return; to revert., To become or be reversed. |
| reviled | imp. & past participle | of Revile |
| reviler | noun | One who reviles. |
| revince | verb t. | To overcome; to refute, as error. |
| revisal | noun | The act of revising, or reviewing and reexamining for correction and improvement; revision; as, the revisal of a manuscript; the revisal of a proof sheet; the revisal of a treaty. |
| revised | imp. & past participle | of Revise |
| reviser | noun | One who revises. |
| revisit | verb t. | To visit again., To revise. |
| revival | noun | The act of reviving, or the state of being revived., Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature., Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the drama and literature., Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest., Reanimation from a state of langour or depression; — applied to the health, spirits, and the like., Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture., Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion., Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; as, the revival of a debt barred by limitation; the revival of a revoked will, etc., Revivification, as of a metal. See Revivification, 2. |
| revived | imp. & past participle | of Revive |
| reviver | noun | One who, or that which, revives. |
| revivor | noun | Revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties, — done by a bill of revivor. |
| revoice | verb t. | To refurnish with a voice; to refit, as an organ pipe, so as to restore its tone. |
| revoked | imp. & past participle | of Revoke |
| revoker | noun | One who revokes. |
| revolve | verb i. | To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, — which is the more specific word in this sense., To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun., To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve., To return; to pass., To cause to turn, as on an axis., Hence, to turn over and over in the mind; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of. |
| revulse | verb t. | To pull back with force. |