Emily Dickinson Lexicon

return (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [OFr retorn < re- + OE tyrnan < L. tornāre, to turn on a lathe.] (webplay: again, answer, appear, begin, borrowed, called, day, distant, errands, friendly, go, gold, heart, heaven, hour, house, law, lord, name, other, place, plot, putting, report, revisit, revolution, same, seasons, send, show, sides, soul, spend, statement, sun, takes, tell, thought, turn, usually, wise).

1. Come back after an absence.
2. Revisit; leave and go back.
3. Go back to a former state.
4. Complete a cycle; revolve; begin again.
5. Reciprocate; retaliate.
6. Give back.
7. Begin again.

returned, verbal adj. [see return, v.]

returning, n. [see return, v.] (webplay: day, house, labor).

1. State of having come back.
2. Act of going back.

reveal (-ed, -s), v. [OFr reveler or L. revēlāre, re- + vēlum, veil.] (webplay: concealed, disclose, heaven, secrets, show).

1. Uncover; highlight; expose by light something previously obscure or concealed.
2. Divulge; disclose.

reveille, n. [Fr. réveiller, to awaken < re- + veiller < L. vigilāre, to keep watch.]

Resurrection.

revel, v. [OFr reveler, to rebel, make noise.]

Make merry; take part in festivities.

revelation (-s, -'s), n. [OFr revelaciun or L. < revlāre, to unveil, reveal.] (webplay: himself; Apocalypse).

1. Light; sight; vision; illumination; [fig.] reality; recognition; new knowledge.
2. Enlightenment; spiritual insight or manifestation.
3. Act(s) of disclosure.
4. Scripture; word of God; divine will.

Revelation, proper n. [see revelation, n.] (webplay: old, prophets, truth).

1. Apocalypse; [fig.] Bible; prophecies; scriptures; revealed word of God.
2. Omega; last volume of the New Testament; book of visions recorded by John, the beloved disciple of Jesus; [fig.] the last days; end of life.
3. Prologue; final chapter; [fig.] end; death; closure.

revelry, n. [see revel, v.]

1. A burst of intense activity
2. Celebration.

revenge, n. [Fr. revenger < re- + venger, venge.]

The return of an injury to acheive justice.