Rev"el*ry (?), n. [See Revel, v. i. & n.] The act of engaging in a
revel; noisy festivity; reveling.
And pomp and feast and revelry.
Milton.
Re*ven"di*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Revendicated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Revendicating.][Cf. F. revendiquer. See Revenge.] To reclaim; to
demand the restoration of. [R.] Vattel (Trans.).
Re*ven`di*ca"tion (?), n. [F. revendication.] The act of revendicating.
[R.] Vattel (Trans.)
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.
Re*venge", v. i. To take vengeance; -- with upon. [Obs.] "A bird that
will revenge upon you all." Shak.
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.
2. The disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who
has done us an injury.
Revenge now goes To lay a complot to betray thy foes.
Shak.
The indulgence of revenge tends to make men more savage and cruel.
Kames.
Re*venge"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being revenged; as, revengeable
wrong. Warner.