Ri"ot (?), n. [OF. riote, of
uncertain origin; cf. OD. revot, ravot.]
1. Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar;
tumult.
His headstrong riot hath no curb.
Shak.
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 (?), 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.
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, n., 3.
Johnson.
Ri"ot, v. t. To spend or pass in
riot.
[He] had rioted his life out.
Tennyson.