Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RI'OT, v.i. [Fr. rioter; It. riottare.]

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. – Pope.
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! – Dwight.
4. To raise an uproar or sedition. – Johnson.