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   Revenge , 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.]
   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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   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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   Revenge, v. i. To take vengeance; -- with upon. [Obs.] “A bird that will revenge upon you all.” 
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   Revenge, n.
   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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   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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