Definition of Revenging

1. a. Executing revenge; revengeful.

Definition of Revenging

1. Verb. (present participle of revenge) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Revenging

1. revenge [v] - See also: revenge

Lexicographical Neighbors of Revenging

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revengeless
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revenooer
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revenue raising
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revenue stamp

Literary usage of Revenging

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"... I was within an inch of revenging my father on Messer Jacopo Salviati, who had grievously injured him, according to my father's frequent complaints. ..."

2. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"... after which Ulysses, having made him drunk, when he was asleep, thrust a great firebrand into his eye, and so, revenging his dead followers, ..."

3. The History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI by William Robertson, T. Cadell, Arthur Matthew Connolly, En Dieu est tout (1781)
"... and to afford th?m an BooK opportunity of revenging their wrongs. James, '• who was not ignorant that all ..."

4. Goldsmith's Roman History: Abridged by Himself, for the Use of Schools by Oliver Goldsmith (1825)
"... insisted upon revenging the late emperor's death, whose memory was still dear to them from his frequent liberalities. 8. So disagreeable a constraint ..."

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