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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Revenge \Re*venge"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
To revenge the death of our fathers. --Ld. Berners.
The gods are just, and will revenge our cause. --Dryden.
Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius. --Shak.
2. To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously.
Syn: To avenge; vindicate. See {Avenge}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Revenging \Re*ven"ging\, adjective Executing revenge; revengeful. -- {Re*ven"ging*ly}, adverb --Shak.
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