RIOT
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Ri"ot (?), n. [OF. riote, of uncertain origin; cf. OD. revot, ravot.] 1. Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
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His headstrong riot hath no curb.
Shak.
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2. Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
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Venus loveth riot and dispense.
Chaucer.
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The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day.
Pope.
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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.
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To run riot, to act wantonly or without restraint.
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Ri"ot (?), v. 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.
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Now he exact of all, wastes in delight,
Riots in pleasure, and neglects the law.
Daniel.
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No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows.
Pope.
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2. (Law) To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See Riot, n., 3. Johnson.
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Ri"ot, v. t. To spend or pass in riot.
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[He] had rioted his life out.
Tennyson.
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