riot--prophetes.ai

▪ I. riot
    variant of ryot.
▪ II. riot, n.
    (ˈraɪət)
    Forms: α. 3–6 riote, 4– riot, 4–6 riott, 5 riotte, riaut, 6 riat, riet; 4–6 ryote (5 ryaute), 4–7 ryot, 5– 7 ryott, 5–6 ryotte, 5 ryet(te. β. 4–5 reot, 5 reaut. See also royet.
    [a. OF. riote (rihote), riotte fem., riot (rihot) masc., debate, dispute, quarrel, etc., = Prov. riota, It. riotta, of obscure origin.]
    1. a. Wanton, loose, or wasteful living; debauchery, dissipation, extravagance. Now rare.

a 1225 Ancr. R. 198 So þet non wisure read ne mei bringen hire ut of hire riote [v.r. him of his fol riote]. a 1300 Cursor M. 48 A saumpul her be þaem I say, Þat rages in þare riot [Bedf. reaut] ay; In riot [Bedf. riaut] and in rigolage, Of all þere liif spend þai þe stage. c 1380 Wyclif Wks. (1880) 122 Þei wasten moche good in ryot & glotonye. 1399 Langl. Rich. Redeles i. 6 Rafte was ȝoure riott and rest. Ibid. iv. 20 Whanne þe reot and þe reeuell þe rent þus passid. 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 377 The clergy..spendenge the nyȝhtes in surfettes and in ryette. a 1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 54 Who that sekithe ryot gladly, he metithe there⁓with. 1514 Barclay Cyt. & Uplondyshm. (Percy Soc.) 27 In ryot & dronkenesse, Theyr name defylynge, despysynge all goodnesse. 1560 J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 63 b, Al to mainteyne your ryot, pryde, and voluptuousnes. 1600 Holland Livy 1387 There was nothing wanting, that might serue for pleasure or prodigall riot. 1667 Milton P.L. xi. 711 All now was turn'd to jollitie and game, To luxurie and riot, feast and dance. 1732 Pope Ess. on Man i. 81 The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. 1817 Jas. Mill Brit. India II. iv. viii. 272 Hyder..spent his life between the labours of the chase, and the pleasures of voluptuous indolence and riot.

personif. 1609 Dekker Work for Armourers Wks. (Grosart) IV. 139 Riot (a smooth-fac'd Ganimed) slept in her lap. 1754 T. Scott Table of Cebes 144 See! Riot her luxurious Bowl prepares.

fig. 1751 Johnson Rambler No. 89 ¶4 This invisible riot of the mind, this secret prodigality of being, is secure from detection, and fearless of reproach.

b. Unrestrained revelry, mirth, or noise.

1728–46 Thomson Spring 368 To swell the riot of th' autumnal feast. 1794 Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho vi, It seemed not the laugh of cheerfulness but of riot. 1816 T. Scott Vis. Paris (ed. 5) p. lxv, The free vent given to what may be termed the clamour and riot of satisfaction by the absence of official arrangement. 1840 Dickens Old C. Shop xix, They quickened their steps to get clear of all the roar and riot. 1873 Dixon Two Queens xii. vii. II. 326 With bray of snorting horns and riot of exploding guns.

c. in full riot, in full swing. rare.

1898 E. W. Hamilton Mawkin ix, The spaning of the lambs was by with, and the ewe milking in full riot.

2. a. An instance or course of loose living; a noisy feast or wanton revel; a disturbance arising from this; † an extravagant display of something.

13.. Seuyn Sag. (W.) 163 For burgeis, maiden, other knaue, Mighte him in some riote sette. c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 4459 He þenkþ hold an huge ryot..Wyþ-inne þis forteniȝt. 1390 Gower Conf. II. 367 Every riot ate laste Mot nedes falle and mai noght laste. 1474 Caxton Chesse 111 There cometh of glotonye riottes, wrongs, and molestacions. 1612 Drayton Poly-olb. vii. 50 The ryots to represse of this outrageous crue. 1649 Drummond of Hawthornden Hist. Jas. I, Wks. (1711) 9 They abolished Riots of all Sorts of Pearl..; only Women were permitted to wear a small Carkanet of them about their Necks. a 1700 Sedley Wks. (1722) I. 28 Roots he preferr'd, and Pot-herbs To all the Pomp and Riots of a Crown. 1807 Crabbe Village ii. 63 And hark! the riots of the Green begin, That sprang at first from yonder noisy inn.

fig. 1768 Sterne Sent. Journ., Bourbonnois, There was nothing from which I had painted out for myself so joyous a riot of the affections.

† b. A foolish saying; a rigmarole. Obs.

c 1330 Sir Beues 1191 ‘Men saiþ,’ ȝhe seide, ‘in olde riote [v.r. roote], Þat wimmannes bolt is sone schote’. 1340 Ayenb. 99 God þe uader..ne heþ none hede of longe ryote of tales y-slyked ne y-rymed.

† c. ? A company or assemblage of persons. Obs.^—1

? a 1400 Morte Arth. 388 And I may se the Romaynes..Arayede in theire riotes on a rounde felde [etc.].

d. A vivid display of (colour).

1894 K. Grahame Pagan P. 68 A riot of scarlet on gold. 1895 Outing XXVI. 429/2 Here and there the sombre green of a cedar broke the riot of color. 1969 Morning Star 9 July 4/3 The trees are flourishing better than ever, and the borders have been a riot of colour. 1974 ‘S. Woods’ Done to Death 184 The garden was a riot of colour.

3. a. Hunting. The action, on the part of a hound, of following the scent of some animal other than that which he is intended to hunt. Also in phr. to hunt riot or run riot.
The first passage from the Master of Game appears to contain some misunderstanding of the term.

c 1410 Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) x, What racche þat renneth to a Conynge in any tyme, he ought to be ascryede, saynge to hym lowde: War ryote war. For none oþer beeste in Inglonde is called ryote, saue onely þe Conynge. Ibid. xvi, For he [the spaniel] will make alle þe ryote and alle [þe] harme. 1594 T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. ii. 181 If hee cannot by sent finde out the game he seeketh, or if, after he hath found it and is in chase, he fall to hunt riot [etc.]. 1688 Holme Armoury iii. 76/1 When Hounds run at a whole Herd of Deer,..we say..[they] Run Riot. 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Rural Sports 123 Until..hounds are entered to their particular game, they must not be too much rated and broken from ‘riot’. Ibid. 131 Leaving them..to hunt ‘riot’ unchecked. 1890 Sat. Rev. 1 Feb. 135/1 A slight variation in the note of a hound..tells him that the hound has been too free with his tongue on riot (the hunting term for the scent of the wrong animal).

b. to run riot, in fig. use: To act without restraint or control; to disregard all limitations; to grow luxuriantly or wildly, etc.

1523 Fitzherb. Husb. §148 If thou breake thy tedure, and ren ryot at large, and knowe not other mennes goodes frome thyne owne. 1535 Joye Apol. Tindale (Arb.) 13 Here may ye se how Tindale runneth ryot of his own wit. 1656 Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 122 Ye suffer your Tongues to run ryot in bitter Scoffs. 1700 Dryden Pref. Fables Ess. (ed. Ker) II. 265 Sometimes also..he runs riot, like Ovid, and knows not when he has said enough. 1748 Chesterfield Lett. clxii. (1792) II. 85 They ran riot, would not be kept within bounds by their leaders. 1768–74 Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 512 To study how they may be employed most effectually to answer some good purpose; that, if possible, they may never run riot. 1832 Tennyson Œnone 99 The wandering ivy and vine, This way and that, in many a wild festoon Ran riot. 1847 H. Miller First Impr. Eng. iii. (1857) 38 The sculptor seems to have let his imagination altogether run riot. 1884 Gilmour Mongols 186 The rheumatism runs riot among them.

† c. So to run at riot. Obs. rare.

1530 Tindale Answ. More (Parker Soc.) 114 They..either run altogether at riot, or keep the law with cautels and expositions of their own feigning. 1579 Tomson Calvin's Serm. Tim. 12/1 So soone as a man beginneth to runne at riot, & leaueth the streight line.

4. a. Violence, strife, disorder, tumult, esp. on the part of the populace.

1375 Barbour Bruce xvii. 510 To pass In Yngland, for till burn and sla; And swa gret ryot thar till ma [etc.]. c 1400 Mandeville (1839) xiv. 159 It [the diamond] kepethe him that berethe it..fro Strif and Riot. 1429 Rolls of Parlt. IV. 345/2 There have come grete multitude of peple..with greete ryot and strengthe in maner of Werre. 1581 G. Pettie Guazzo's Civ. Conv. i. (1586) 24 b, I thinke these same..commit no lesse ryot, then those which crucified Christ. 1593 G. Harvey Pierce's Super. Wks. (Grosart) II. 230, I know none so rank-minded, to enter vpon your proper possessions by riot. 1769 Junius Lett. xi. (1788) 70 You left the metropolis exposed..to every species of riot and disorder. 1819 Ld. Eldon in Ld. Campbell Chancellors (1857) VIII. 392 What constitutes riot enough to justify dispersion is no easy matter to determine. 1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc's Hist. Ten Y. II. 484 The swords of the demagogues striking at the gates of San-Ildefonso..; in a word, riot in the very apartments of Christina.

fig. 1820 Keats St. Agnes xvi, Sudden a thought..in his pained heart Made purple riot.

b. A violent disturbance of the peace by an assembly or body of persons; an outbreak of active lawlessness or disorder among the populace; † a hostile attack or encounter.

1390 Gower Conf. III. 171 Benedab..Of Irahel a gret partie..Hath sesed; and of that riote He [Ahab] tok conseil. c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. 2584 Thare wes þe admirall slane of þe flot, And all þe laif in þat ryot. 1433 Rolls of Parlt. IV. 421/2 In eschuyng of Riotes..and disobeissances ayenst the Kynges astate. 1462 Paston Lett. II. 95 That the Kyng shulde..come unto this cuntre and se suyche riottes as have be in this cuntre punyshed. 1523 Act 14 & 15 Hen. VIII, c. 7 Processes shalbe made..in like maner as is made upon enditements of riottes. 1568 Grafton Chron. II. 83 marg., A riot made vpon Jewes. 1598 Shakes. Merry W. i. i. 35 The Councell shall heare it, it is a Riot. 1632 Lithgow Trav. iv. 152 Such vnallowable Ryots, being expresly against..the quietnesse and liberty of the Christians. 1670 Marvell Corr. Wks. (Grosart) II. 354 The Bill for Conventicles hath bin twice red and committed: it makes them henceforth riots. 1707 Hearne Collect. (O.H.S.) I. 337 An abominable Riot committed in All-Souls College. 1759 Smollett Hist. Eng. (ed. 3) X. 179 After having..heard the proclamation against riots read in public. 1801 in James Milit. Dict. (1802) s.v. Every description of peace officers may and ought to do..all that in him lies towards the suppressing riots. 1863 H. Cox Instit. i. xi. 275 A tumult on account of a particular or private grievance amounts at the most to a riot. 1887 Hunt Bristol 203 All former riots..sink into insignificance compared with the Reform riots of 1831.

transf. and fig. 1560 Rolland Crt. Venus iv. 474 For and ȝe do..but debait Agane Venus rais ony rank riat [etc.]. 1595 Shakes. John iii. i. 247 Shall these hands..make a ryot on the gentle brow Of true sincerity?

c. Riot Act, the Act (1 Geo. I, § 2, c. 5) providing that if twelve or more persons unlawfully or riotously assemble and refuse to disperse within an hour after the reading of a specified portion of it by a competent authority they shall be considered as felons. to read the Riot Act (also with small initials): in transf. use, to announce or declare that (unruly) action or conduct must cease; to reprimand or caution sternly.
The Riot Act was repealed in 1973.

1731 Gentl. Mag. I. 15 Speaking of the riot-act he says [etc.]. 1795 Pitt in T. Browne British Cicero (1808) I. 524 That after reading the riot act, and ordering them to disperse, any number of persons remaining should, as by the riot act, incur the penalty of the law, that of felony. 1819 W. Bradford Let. 17 Dec. in M. Wilmot More Lett. (1935) 39 She has just run out to read the riot act in the Nursery. 1840 Dickens Barn. Rudge xlix, The Riot Act was read. 1842 C. Fox Jrnl. 18 Apr. (1972) 123 Sydney Smith said, ‘Lady Holland is not one woman, but a multitude; just read the Riot Act and you'll presently see them disperse!’ 1887 Hunt Bristol 201 The Riot Act having been read three times, the soldiers were ordered to clear the bridge. 1906 J. London Let. 20 Oct. (1966) 211 You might have found out, before you read me the riot act. 1946 D. Hamson We fell among Greeks xvii. 187, I met the E.D.E.S. envoys and read them the riot act, so to speak. 1976 P. Hill Hunters x. 131 Read her the riot act, tell her to be a good girl and take her home.

d. colloq. (orig. Theatr.). Something extremely successful or amusing; spec. an uproariously successful performance or show, a ‘smash hit’. Also of persons.

1909 P. G. Williams in Sat. Even. Post 5 June 17/2 A riot, great success. 1919 F. Hurst Humoresque 195 If you think that is a riot..you wait until you see the way they're going to eat me up in the court scene. 1929 J. B. Priestley Good Companions ii. i. 249 There isn't a more promising little show anywhere... It could have been an absolute riot. 1933 N. Streatfeild Tops & Bottoms xxii. 287 He was a riot. 1936 P. Quentin Puzzle for Fools xxvi. 253 He'd be a riot in a mental hospital. 1943 J. B. Priestley Daylight on Saturday xv. 101 These shows—they're a riot. 1959 E. H. Clements High Tension viii. 134 Get that word-perfect..and you'll be a riot tomorrow. 1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 110 His rendering of ‘Barnacle Bill the Sailor’ was a riot and became his party piece.

e. In full, riot sale. A sale. U.S. slang.

1952 N.Y. Post 26 Sept. 73/1 (Advt.), Auto ‘riot’ sale. 1969 Punch 5 Feb. 193/1 Some of New York's stores are having a shoe riot.

5. attrib. and Comb. a. General attrib. uses (sense 4), as riot area, riot call, riot control, riot zone; b. designating equipment worn or carried (esp. by peace-keeping forces) in a riot, as riot equipment, riot gear, riot gun, riot helmet, riot shield, riot stick; also (parasynthetically) riot-helmeted adj.; also of persons or vehicles equipped to quell riots, as riot police, riot squad, riot tank, riot van, riot wagon; c. in instrumental, etc., uses, as riot-battered, riot-prone, riot-ripe, riot-scarred, riot-torn adjs.; d. riot gas, an irritant gas fired in capsules into a mob to quell rioting, tear-gas.

1973 Freedom 2 June 3/1 No one who lives in the riot areas of Belfast needs any reminders of what violence can look like.

1976 Daily Times (Lagos) 27 Aug. 9/2 Unofficial reports said 20 bodies were found in the riot battered township on Wednesday.

1905 N.Y. Even. Post 7 Nov. 2 Charges of illegal voting resulted in a disturbance which police were unable to subdue, and a riot call was sent in.

1964 Kirk & Othmer Encycl. Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) IV. 877 In the last few years, an agent, CS, has been developed for riot control. 1974 North Myrtle Beach (S. Carolina) Times 17 Apr. 1/5 The riot control unit then had to make its way to Hillside Drive and make a similar sweep to quell trouble spots on that street.

1955 H. Kurnitz Invasion of Privacy (1956) xii. 79 The old man is handing out riot equipment and orders are shoot to kill.

1968 Punch 4 Dec. 804/1 Jelly-crazed five-year-olds can now be quietened with a discreet blast of MACE lavender-perfumed riot gas. 1969 Guardian 22 Jan. 1/3 A powerful fragmentation grenade which will scatter CS riot gas among demonstrators is being developed by the Ministry of Technology.

1978 N.Y. Times 30 Mar. a5/6 Thousands of policemen..in riot gear.

1930 Morning Post 9 Apr. 11 Detectives in motor-cars equipped with ‘riot guns’ toured through the districts where violence was anticipated. 1976 ‘B. Shelby’ Great Pebble Affair 49 Officer Hodgson with his riot gun.

1969 S. Greenlee Spook who sat by Door xiii. 112 Watching the police in riot helmets and the angry faces of the crowd. 1973 ‘S. Harvester’ Corner of Playground iii. v. 212 Tight-lipped young officers, whites of eyes gleaming under rim of riot-helmet.

1970 Daily Tel. 18 Apr. 5/3 Three young women were wounded by shotgun pellets when 200 riot-helmeted, sheriff's deputies dispersed a crowd of about 700 smashing windows at a bank.

1958 Daily Sketch 2 June 2/5 Riot police armed with rifles, machine-guns and tear-gas tensed for an attack by Communist demonstrators. 1977 Times 18 Feb. 7/5 Riot police took control of Rome University tonight after using tear gas to disperse angry left-wing students.

1967 Economist 7 Oct. 45/2 Property-owners in riot-scarred (and riot-prone) neighbourhoods. 1968 Ibid. 20 July 40/3 Many state capitals are now humming with reports of ‘mass’ cancellations by insurers of policies covering property in riot-prone areas.

1910 Kipling Rewards & Fairies 103 Tom Dunch an' some of his kidney was drinkin' themselves riot-ripe.

1965 Jet 16 Sept. 50 Martin Luther King, Jr. was forced to invoke the name of Elijah Muhammed to gain a hearing in the riot-scarred community of Watts. 1967 Riot-scarred [see riot-prone above].

1967 Economist 7 Jan. 31/1 (caption) Calcutta police behind riot shields. 1968 Guardian 21 Oct. 18/7 Mr Callaghan has issued no instructions to the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police,..about the use of tear gas, water cannon, riot shields, troops, or other weapons familiar to demonstrators in Paris. 1978 Peace News 25 Aug. 4/1 The police included a large contingent of the Special Patrol Group with riot shields. 1981 Daily Tel. 3 Mar. 2/1 Police, some with riot shields and crowbars, stormed the building.

1948 New Yorker 1 May 75/1 A trio of jeeps, bringing the celere, or riot squad. 1955 Times 25 Aug. 9/2 The requirements for this are good intelligence arrangements and a mobile riot squad such as the strategic reserve in Cyprus will provide. 1977 New Yorker 24 Oct. 132/3 The prison's three riot squads..officially called..correctional emergency-response teams.

1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel v. 404 He'd been halfstunned by a riotstick. 1972 R. Perry Fall Guy i. 28 The police arrived..with their riot sticks in evidence..lead-weighted batons. 1978 D. Francis Trial Run xi. 156 They were armed..with riot sticks. Nasty hard things like baseball bats, swinging from a loop of leather round the wrist.

1966 L. Cohen Beautiful Losers i. 134 It is not enough that she and Prince Philip will be greeted by police cordons, riot tanks, and the proud backs of hostile crowds. 1969 C. Himes Black on Black (1973) 286 The riot tank didn't know where to look for him.

1968 Economist 12 Oct. 3/2 The..riot-torn country of Northern Ireland. 1976 Ulverston (Cumbria) News 3 Dec. (Suppl.) p. i/3 Shoot!..Containing articles by well-known footballers, the ‘lowdown’ on the riot-torn 1975 European Cup Final. 1981 Yorks. Post 9 July 1/3 Prince Charles wants to help youngsters in Liverpool's riot-torn Toxteth area.

1973 J. Drummond Bang! Bang! You're Dead! xxxiv. 116 There were extra police on duty, and several riot vans under the trees. 1976 J. McClure Rogue Eagle xiv. 234 There were a couple of riot vans double-parked outside.

1969 Guardian 5 Aug. 1/7 Finally riot wagons were moved in to block the oblique junction. 1973 Black Panther 28 July 3/2 Police arrived in buses and riot wagons.

1975 R. H. Rimmer Premar Experiments (1976) i. 56 According to my informant, Bren and Merle were living in a rundown tenement house in the ‘riot zone’.

▪ III. † ˈriot, a. Obs. rare.
[f. prec. Cf. royet a.]
Wanton, licentious; incoherent.

a 1300 Cursor M. 26938 Sum men in scubardis Til oþer men telles þair folis, And sais amang [þat] riot ron ‘Alle men wat wel þat i ha don’. 1513 Douglas æneis viii. Prol. 147 The riotest ane ragment wyth mony rat rane.

▪ IV. riot, v.
    (ˈraɪət)
    Forms: 4–5 ryote, 4 ryotte, 4–7 ryot (5 ryott), 6 ryat; 4, 7– riot, 6 riott(e. See also royet v.
    [a. OF. rioter (rihoter), riotter, related to riote, etc., riot n.]
    I. 1. a. intr. To live in a wanton, dissipated, or unrestrained manner; to revel; to indulge to excess in something. Now somewhat rare.

c 1386 Chaucer Cook's T. 50 Thus this ioly prentys hadde his leue. Now lat him riote al the nyght. 1513 More in Grafton Chron. (1568) II. 770 Vnthriftes riott and runne in debt. 1567 J. Maplet Gr. Forest 86 They are ready to come home from straying and riotting abrode in the Parckes. 1606 Shakes. Ant. & Cl. ii. ii. 72 I wrote to you, when rioting in Alexandria you Did pocket vp my Letters. 1611 Bible 2 Pet. ii. 13 They that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. 1681–6 J. Scott Chr. Life ii. iii. i. §1 In those good Pagan Days wherein they might have rioted with Devotion, Sacrificed to the Gods in drunken Bowls [etc.]. 1751 Narr. of H.M.S. Wager 64 They would have rioted in spirituous Liquor. 1840 Dickens Old C. Shop i, Men who do nothing but waste and riot. 1865 Kingsley Herew. xviii, The French scum who now riot over Essex. 1899 W. E. Norris Giles Ingilby vii, A sort of unrepentant prodigal son rioting off to far countries.

transf. 1567 J. Maplet Gr. Forest 55 Neither doth it seeme to ryot vntill suche time as it is plentifull in yeelding seede. 1811 H. G. Knight Phrosyne 39 When stern Winter riots unconfin'd. 1816 J. Wilson City of Plague i. ii, Then the Plague Riots in darkness mid his unknown victims. 1882 Farrar Early Chr. I. 6 Ostentation, impurity rioted in the heart of a society which [etc.].

† b. So to riot it. Obs.

a 1593 Marlowe Edw. II, C iij, This I scorne, that one..should..riote it with the treasures of the realme. 1621 Bp. R. Montagu Diatr. 53 Who would not bee bounded in by any Councell.., but riot it as hee would himselfe. 1659 Hammond On Ps. lxxiii. 10. 354 When they see them thus riot it in violence. 1760–72 H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) I. 58 These have nothing to do but..to riot it, to roar it.

c. To revel in, to take great delight or pleasure in, something. Also const. upon.

1741 Watts Improv. Mind xx. Wks. (1813) 154 To indulge and riot in these exquisitely bewitching contemplations. 1773 Life N. Frowde 31 Few are the Brutes..that can riot in Cruelty to Infant Softness. 1827 Chalmers Mem. (1851) III. x. 171, I perfectly rioted upon the scenery. 1840 Dickens Barn. Rudge lxxi, Vaunting and, as it were, rioting in, her huge unworthiness.

† 2. refl. To indulge (oneself) to the full in some pleasure or recreation. Obs.

1390 Gower Conf. III. 237 Thilke fyri rage Of love,..Wherof himself he so rioteth, And wax so ferforth womannyssh, That [etc.]. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 923 The roo and the rayne-dere reklesse thare ronnene..in rosers to ryotte thame seluene. c 1400 Melayne 797 Riste and Ryott ȝow by þ⊇ water of sayne.

3. a. trans. To spend or waste (money, etc.) in riotous living; to pass (time) in riot or luxury. Const. away or out.

1597 Daniel Civ. Wars vi. xviii, Whilst wee..Ryot away, for nought, whole Prouinces. 1709 Mrs. Manley Secret Mem. (1736) II. 183 Her Husband..rioted out the Income of her Fortune in such blameable Diversions. 1792 Brooks Prec. Remedies 72 The evil servant did not riot out his talents. 1850 Merivale Rom. Emp. i. (1865) I. 33 Retreats..in which to..riot away the intervals of repose. 1864 Tennyson Aylmer's F. 391 He..Had rioted his life out, and made an end.

† b. To use (words) with profusion or extravagance. Obs. rare^—1.

1586 D. Rowland Lazarillo i. (1677) G j, Ryoting more pleasant and sweet words than ever Ovid wrote.

II. † 4. Sc. and north. To ravage, harry, spoil (a country, etc.). Obs. rare.

1375 Barbour Bruce ix. 500 All that he fand he maid it his; And ryotit gretly the lande. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 1883 Thane relyez the renkez..For to ryotte the wode. c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xxvii. 4553 He..gert his folk wiþe mekyl mayne Ryote halely þe cuntre.

5. † a. To force (a person) to do some action by persistence or importunity; so, to prevent (one) from doing something. Obs.

1777 F. Burney Early Diary (1889) II. 189 Dr. Wall..advised me, or, rather, rioted me, to get out and go and see the Salute. 1781 ― Diary June, This rattle..Mrs. Thrale most kindly kept up, by way of rioting me from thinking.

b. Of rioters: To attack (persons or property).

1886 Referee 21 Feb. 7/3 The West-End tradespeople who were ‘rioted’. 1900 Daily News 4 Sept. 7/5 S.K.T. Station has been rioted and completely destroyed.

6. a. intr. To make a disturbance; to storm.

1787 F. Burney Diary 26 Feb., Had he surprised the two Equerries in my room,..how would he have rioted!

b. To engage in a riot or violent disturbance.

1755 Johnson, To Riot..4. To raise a sedition or uproar. a 1832, etc. [implied in rioting vbl. n. 2]. 1981 W. Ebersohn Divide the Night v. 71 When they [sc. blacks] rioted they did it with greater anger here [sc. in Johannesburg] than anywhere else. 1981 Yorks. Post 9 July 4/5 As thoroughly decent a group of people as you would wish to meet, they did not riot in the streets.

7. Hunting. = to run riot s.v. riot n. 3 a. Also const. after, on.

1954 J. I. Lloyd Beagling 143 Riot, to hunt anything other than their legitimate quarry. 1971 Country Life 7 Oct. 897/1 Hounds will riot more readily after roe deer than any other species. 1976 Horse & Hound 3 Dec. 38/1 A great deal of time would be spent, however, correcting the pack rioting on Scotch sheep.