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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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... listened. He was quite alone with the lady, who went past him now, only looking, as she walked, to see why he was tarrying. In his fierce young loyalty to her he took for granted, without question or proof, that her escort had deserted her in revenge for her disdain. He would willingly have gone back to fetch him up, but the impossibility of finding a man who did not wish to be found, the impossibility, as it seemed to him, of letting her go further ...

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