[syn: revenge, avenge, retaliate]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Revenge \Re*venge"\, v. i.
To take vengeance; -- with upon. [Obs.] "A bird that will
revenge upon you all." --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Revenge \Re*venge"\, n.
1. The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning
of evil for evil.
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Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is even with his
enemy; but in passing it over he is superior.
--Bacon.
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2. The disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to
one who has done us an injury.
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Revenge now goes
To lay a complot to betray thy foes. --Shak.
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The indulgence of revenge tends to make men more
savage and cruel. --Kames.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
revenge
n 1: action taken in return for an injury or offense [syn:
retaliation, revenge]
v 1: take revenge for a perceived wrong; "He wants to avenge the
murder of his brother" [syn: revenge, avenge,
retaliate]