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Definition of 'revenge'

noun

Action taken in return for an injury or offense [syn: retaliation, revenge]

verb

Take revenge for a perceived wrong; "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother" [syn: revenge, avenge, retaliate]

From: GCIDE

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. [1913 Webster]
To revenge the death of our fathers. --Ld. Berners. [1913 Webster]
The gods are just, and will revenge our cause. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously. [1913 Webster]
Syn: To avenge; vindicate. See Avenge. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Revenge \Re*venge"\, v. i. To take vengeance; -- with upon. [Obs.] "A bird that will revenge upon you all." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Revenge \Re*venge"\, n.
1. The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil. [1913 Webster]
Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is even with his enemy; but in passing it over he is superior. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
2. The disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury. [1913 Webster]
Revenge now goes To lay a complot to betray thy foes. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The indulgence of revenge tends to make men more savage and cruel. --Kames. [1913 Webster]