REVENDICATION
Re*ven`di*ca""tion, n. Etym: [F. revendication.]
Defn: The act of revendicating. [R.] Vattel (Trans. )
REVENGE
Re*venge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Revenged, p. pr. & vb. n. Revenging
(.] Etym: [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 thewrong 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.
REVENGE
Re*venge", v. i.
Defn: To take vengeance; — with upon. [Obs.] "A bird that will revenge upon you all." Shak.
REVENGE
Re*venge", n.
1. The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil. Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is even with his enemy; but in passing it over he is superior. Bacon.