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Revelation

The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them.

Revelator

One who makes a revelation; a revealer.

Revellent

Causing revulsion; revulsive. A revulsive medicine.

Revelous

Fond of festivity; given to merrymaking or reveling.

Revelry

The act of engaging in a revel; noisy festivity; reveling.

Revenge

The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil.

Revengeable

Capable of being revenged; as, revengeable wrong.

Revengeful

Full of, or prone to, revenge; vindictive; malicious; revenging; wreaking revenge.

Revenue

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.

Reverberant

Having the quality of reverberation; reverberating.

Reverberation

The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reechoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of voices; the reverberation of heat or flame in a furnace.

Reverberative

Of the nature of reverberation; tending to reverberate; reflective.

Revere

To regard with reverence, or profound respect and affection, mingled with awe or fear; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation.

Reverence

To regard or treat with reverence; to regard with respect and affection mingled with fear; to venerate.

Reverend

Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection; venerable.

Reverent

Disposed to revere; impressed with reverence; submissive; humble; respectful; as, reverent disciples.

Reverential

Proceeding from, or expressing, reverence; having a reverent quality; reverent; as, reverential fear or awe.

Reverently

In a reverent manner; in respectful regard.

Revers

A part turned or folded back so as to show the inside, or a piece put on in imitation of such a part, as the lapel of a coat.

Reversal

The act of reversing; the causing to move or face in an opposite direction, or to stand or lie in an inverted position; as, the reversal of a rotating wheel; the reversal of objects by a convex lens.

Reversed

Turned side for side, or end for end; changed to the contrary; sinistrorse or sinistral; as, a reversed, or sinistral, spiral or shell.

Reversely

In a reverse manner; on the other hand; on the opposite.

Reversible

Capable of being reversed; as, a chair or seat having a reversible back; a reversible judgment or sentence.

Reversing

Serving to effect reversal, as of motion; capable of being reversed.

Reversion

The act of returning, or coming back; return.

Reversioner

One who has a reversion, or who is entitled to lands or tenements, after a particular estate granted is terminated.

Revert

One who, or that which, reverts.

Reverted

Turned back; reversed. Specifically: (Her.) Bent or curved twice, in opposite directions, or in the form of an S.

Revertent

A remedy which restores the natural order of the inverted irritative motions in the animal system.

Reverter

One who, or that which, reverts.

Revertible

Capable of, or admitting of, reverting or being reverted; as, a revertible estate.

Revertive

Reverting, or tending to revert; returning.

Revery Reverie

A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream.

Revest

To take effect or vest again, as a title; to revert to former owner; as, the title or right revests in A after alienation.

Revestiary

The apartment, in a church or temple, where the vestments, etc., are kept; -- now contracted into vestry.

Revet

To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material.

Revetment

A facing of wood, stone, or any other material, to sustain an embankment when it receives a slope steeper than the natural slope; also, a retaining wall.

Revie

To exceed an adversary's wager in card playing.

Review

A second or repeated view; a reexamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one's studies; a review of life.

Reviewer

One who reviews or reexamines; an inspector; one who examines publications critically, and publishes his opinion upon their merits; a professional critic of books.

Revilement

The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse.

Reviling

Uttering reproaches; containing reproaches.

Revince

To overcome; to refute, as error.

Revindicate

To vindicate again; to reclaim; to demand and take back.

Revirescence

A growing green or fresh again; renewal of youth or vigor.

Revisal

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.

Revision

The act of revising; reexamination for correction; review; as, the revision of a book or writing, or of a proof sheet; a revision of statutes.

Revisory

Having the power or purpose to revise; revising.

Revitalize

To restore vitality to; to bring back to life.

Revival

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.

Revivalism

The spirit of religious revivals; the methods of revivalists.

Revivalist

A clergyman or layman who promotes revivals of religion; an advocate for religious revivals; sometimes, specifically, a clergyman, without a particular charge, who goes about to promote revivals. Also used adjectively.

Revive

To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.

Reviver

One who, or that which, revives.

Revivification

Renewal of life; restoration of life; the act of recalling, or the state of being recalled, to life.

Reviving

Returning or restoring to life or vigor; reanimating.

Revivor

Revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties, -- done by a bill of revivor.

Revocability

The quality of being revocable; as, the revocability of a law.

Revocable

Capable of being revoked; as, a revocable edict or grant; a revocable covenant.

Revocation

The act of calling back, or the state of being recalled; recall.

Revocatory

Of or pertaining to revocation; tending to, or involving, a revocation; revoking; recalling.

Revoice

To refurnish with a voice; to refit, as an organ pipe, so as to restore its tone.

Revolt

The act of revolting; an uprising against legitimate authority; especially, a renunciation of allegiance and subjection to a government; rebellion; as, the revolt of a province of the Roman empire.

Revolting

Causing abhorrence mixed with disgust; exciting extreme repugnance; loathsome; as, revolting cruelty.

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