Revenge (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Revenged (?), p. pr. & vb. n. Revenging (&unr_;).] [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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Revenge, 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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