Hypertext Webster Gateway: "revenging"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
To revenge the death of our fathers. --Ld. Berners.
The gods are just, and will revenge our cause.
--Dryden.
Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, Revenge
yourselves alone on Cassius. --Shak.
2. To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant
spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously.
Syn: To avenge; vindicate. See {Avenge}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Revenging \Re*ven"ging\, a.
Executing revenge; revengeful. -- {Re*ven"ging*ly}, adv.
--Shak.
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