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reˈvengement Now rare.
[f. revenge v. + -ment.]
Revenge, retribution; † punishment. (Very common c 1540–1650.)
1494Fabyan Chron. iv. lxiii. 43 He ferynge y⊇ Sequell and Reuengement of the same, laft that Countree. 1540Morysine Vives' Introd. Wysd. L iv, Leave the revengement of thyne enemyes to me, and I wyll se them payde. 1581Rich Farew. (1846) 153 Neither to take thy life nor thy purse, but to minister revengemente for thy large speeches. 1613–8Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 13 Ethelred..to increase the summe of reuengement..caused many of the Danique Nobility to be murthered. 1666Bunyan Grace Abound. §192 A strong and hot desire of revengement upon myself for the abuse I had done.
1891A. Hartshorne Hanging in Chains 72 This post⁓mortem revengement was thought to be a singular great comfort to the relatives. |