n. [ OF. riote, of uncertain origin; cf. OD. revot, ravot. ]
His headstrong riot hath no curb. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Venus loveth riot and dispense. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
To run riot,
v. i.
Now he exact of all, wastes in delight,
Riots in pleasure, and neglects the law. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]
No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To spend or pass in riot. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ He ] had rioted his life out. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. Excess; tumult; revelry. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
His life he led in lawless riotise. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A rioter. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OF. rioteux. ]
The younger son . . . took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. Luke xv. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. The act or practice of rioting; riot. “Electioneering riotry.” Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]