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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Revile \Re*vile"\, verb (used with an object) & 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.
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again. --1 Pet. ii. 23.
Syn: To reproach; vilify; upbraid; calumniate.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Reviling \Re*vil"ing\, noun Reproach; abuse; vilification.
Neither be ye afraid of their revilings. --Isa. li. 7.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Reviling \Re*vil"ing\, adjective Uttering reproaches; containing reproaches. -- {Re*vil"ing*ly}, adverb
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