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Revenging
(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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Revenging
(gcide) | Revenging \Re*ven"ging\, a.
Executing revenge; revengeful. -- Re*ven"ging*ly, adv.
--Shak.
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