单词 | revengeance |
释义 | revengeancen. Now rare. Revenge, vengeance; (also) †an act of revenge (obsolete).Common in 16th cent. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > [noun] wrakec825 wrechec1175 yielda1200 wrakedomc1275 vengeancea1300 hevening1303 vengement1338 wreakc1340 rewardc1350 retributiona1425 revengeancec1480 wratha1500 revengementa1513 avengeance1535 avenge1568 ultion1575 venge1587 wreck1591 nemesis1597 revanche1615 vindict1639 vindication1647 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] wrakec825 wrackc900 wrechec1175 yielda1200 wrakedomc1275 vengeancea1300 vengement1338 awreaking1340 rewardc1350 revengeancec1480 wratha1500 avengementa1513 revengementa1513 revengea1525 avengeance1535 avenge1568 requital1569 ultion1575 venge1587 wreck1591 revanche1615 vindict1639 payback1973 c1480 (a1400) St. Peter 410 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 19 I sall ger myn angelis tak of hym reuengeance. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 180 J past efterwart, and tuke revengeaunce thareapon. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) iii. l. 467 And he prayit to God of mycht That..A rewengeansse he mycht wyn Off al his fais. a1525 (a1500) Sc. Troy Bk. (Douce) l. 2449 in C. Horstmann Barbour's Legendensammlung (1882) II. 292 His schippes for to ga In Thesaly for rewengeaunce Of his grantsir disturbaunce. ?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman ii. v. sig. c.iij He..wyl remembre iniury longest, and seke for vengeance the most violently, nor can be content with a mean reuengeance. 1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare xiv. 504 God stroake Iulians Image from Heauen with lightening,..in token of his reuengeance. 1578 W. B. tr. Appian of Alexandria Aunc. Hist. Romanes Warres ii. 33 Thou dyddest make speedy reuengeance on Nicomedes. 1883 J. C. Harris Nights with Uncle Remus lxx. 407 He strak he cane down 'pun de groun', en do lak he gwine take he revengeance out'n po' ole Brer Tarrypin. 1919 Munsey's Mag. Jan. 736/2 What I promised war not ter visit no revengeance on ther wrong fellers. 1994 C. Churchill Skriker (2003) 12 Revengeance is gold mine, sweet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1480 |
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