'Revenging' definitions:
Definition of 'Revenging'
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]
Definition of 'Revenging'
From: GCIDE
- Revenging \Re*ven"ging\, a. Executing revenge; revengeful. -- {Re*ven"ging*ly}, adv. --Shak. [1913 Webster]