Reviling

3 definitions found

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

  Revile \Re*vile"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Reviled}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Reviling}.] [Pref. re- + OF. aviler to make vile,
     depreciate, F. avilir; [`a] (L. ad.) + vil vile. See {Vile}.]
     To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous
     language; to reproach. "And did not she herself revile me
     there?" --Shak.


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           Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again. --1 Pet.
                                                    ii. 23.
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     Syn: To reproach; vilify; upbraid; calumniate.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reviling \Re*vil"ing\, n.
     Reproach; abuse; vilification.
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           Neither be ye afraid of their revilings. --Isa. li. 7.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reviling \Re*vil"ing\, a.
     Uttering reproaches; containing reproaches. --
     {Re*vil"ing*ly}, adv.
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