Revenging

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Revenge \Re*venge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Revenged}, p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Revenging}.] [OF. revengier, F. revancher; pref. re-
     re- + OF. vengier to avenge, revenge, F. venger, L.
     vindicare. See {Vindicate}, {Vengerance}, and cf.
     {Revindicate}.]
     1. To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.;


        to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to
        avenge; -- followed either by the wrong received, or by
        the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the
        reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition
        before the wrong done or the wrongdoer.
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              To revenge the death of our fathers.  --Ld. Berners.
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              The gods are just, and will revenge our cause.
                                                    --Dryden.
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              Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come,
              Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius.  --Shak.
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     2. To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant
        spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously.
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     Syn: To avenge; vindicate. See {Avenge}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Revenging \Re*ven"ging\, a.
     Executing revenge; revengeful. -- {Re*ven"ging*ly}, adv.
     --Shak.
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