01 v. t. To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; -- followed eithe…
imp. & p. p.
Revenged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Revenging
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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.
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To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously.