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Webster 1913 Edition

Riot

Ri′ot

,
Noun.
[OF.
riote
, of uncertain origin; cf. OD.
revot
,
ravot
.]
1.
Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
His headstrong
riot
hath no curb.
Shakespeare
2.
Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
Venus loveth
riot
and dispense.
Chaucer.
The lamb thy
riot
dooms to bleed to-day.
Pope.
3.
(Law)
The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object.
To run riot
,
to act wantonly or without restraint.

Ri′ot

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rioted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Rioting
.]
[OF.
rioter
; cf. OD.
ravotten
.]
1.
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.
Now he exact of all, wastes in delight,
Riots
in pleasure, and neglects the law.
Daniel.
No pulse that
riots
, and no blood that glows.
Pope.
2.
(Law)
To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See
Riot
,
Noun.
, 3.
Johnson.

Ri′ot

,
Verb.
T.
To spend or pass in riot.
[He] had
rioted
his life out.
Tennyson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Riot

RI'OT

, n.
1.
In a general sense, tumult; uproar; hence technically, in law, a riotous assembling of twelve persons or more, and not dispersing upon proclamation.
The definition of riot must depend on the laws. In Connecticut, the assembling of three persons or more, to do an unlawful act by violence against the person or property of another, and not dispersing upon proclamation, is declared to be a riot. In Massachusetts and New Hampshire, the number necessary to constitute a riot is twelve.
2.
Uproar; wild and noisy festivity.
3.
Excessive and expensive feasting. 2Peter 2.
4.
Luxury.
The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today.
To run riot, to act or move without control or restraint.

RI'OT

, v.i.
1.
To revel; to run to excess in feasting, drinking or other sensual indulgences.
2.
To luxuriate; to be highly excited.
No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows.
3.
To banquet; to live in luxury; to enjoy.
How base is the ingratitude which forgets the benefactor, while it is rioting on the benefit!
4.
To raise an uproar or sedition.

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