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noun

Revenge n.

The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil. "Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is even with his enemy; but in passing it over he is superior."

The disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury. "Revenge now goes To lay a complot to betray thy foes." "The indulgence of revenge tends to make men more savage and cruel."

verb

Revenge v. t. (past & past part. revenged, pres. part. revenging)

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." "The gods are just, and will revenge our cause." "Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius."

To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously.

Synonyms: To avenge; vindicate. See Avenge.

Revenge v. i. To take vengeance; with upon. (Obs.) "A bird that will revenge upon you all."

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Etymology of 'Revenge'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Revenge" Quotes from Famous Books

... piercing was their emphasis. "Men?—No, by the Gods! men rush on death for glory!—Women? They risk it, for their own, their children's, or their lover's safety!—Slaves?—Nay! even these things welcome it for freedom, or meet it with revenge! Less then, than men! than women, slaves, or beasts!—Perish like cattle, if ye will, unbound but unresisting, all armed but unavenged!—And ye—great Gods! I laugh to see your terror-blanched, blank visages. I laugh, but loathe in laughing! The destined dauntless sacrificers, who would imbue ...

— The Roman Traitor (Vol. 1 of 2) • Henry William Herbert

... frequently glanced back, apparently to see if she were gaining ground, and then looked at her young one and ran after it, sometimes sideways, as if her feelings were divided between anxiety to protect her offspring and desire to revenge the temerity of her persecutors. The hunters kept about a hundred yards in her rear, and as they were pretty sure of securing her, the European sportsmen held back, in order to have an opportunity of witnessing the ...

— Hunting the Lions • R.M. Ballantyne

... from her," he cried, "she does not insult, she does not lacerate the heart, she would not purposely humiliate me. No, this last degradation could emanate only from one who has the soul of a servant. This is revenge! He hates me, but why? Good God! Why? I've done nothing to him," and the old man groaned aloud in his misery. "I'll wait and see, perhaps she is at Bar Harbour with her father. How do I know? ...

— The Music Master - Novelized from the Play • Charles Klein

... one else knew, and I could influence him as no one else could, and I had my revenge. But now," she said, ...

— A Man of Mark • Anthony Hope

... they were able, they appeared to grow discouraged; and no doubt would in time have imitated the fox with the grapes, and gone quietly away. But Von Bloom, indignant at being roused after such a fashion, from his pleasant rest, was determined to take some revenge upon his tormentors; so he whispered the word to the others, and a volley was delivered from ...

— Popular Adventure Tales • Mayne Reid

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