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re·venge / riˈvenj/ • n. the action of inflicting hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands: other spurned wives have taken public revenge on their husbands. ∎ the desire to inflict such retribution: it was difficult not to be overwhelmed with feelings of hate and revenge. ∎ (in sports) the defeat of a person or team by whom one was beaten in a previous encounter: the Yankees wanted to get their revenge for losing to the Dodgers in the 1955 Series. • v. (revenge oneself or be revenged) chiefly archaic poetic/lit. inflict hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong done to oneself: I'll be revenged on the whole pack of you. ∎ [tr.] inflict such retribution on behalf of (someone else): it's a pity he chose that way to revenge his sister. ∎ inflict retribution for (a wrong or injury done to oneself or another): her brother was slain, and she revenged his death. DERIVATIVES: re·veng·er n. ( poetic/lit. ). |
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"revenge." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "revenge." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-revenge.html "revenge." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-revenge.html |
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revenge revenge is a dish that can be eaten cold proverbial saying, late 19th century, meaning that vengeance need not be exacted immediately. The same idea is found in Thomas Shelton' translation of Cervantes' Don Quixote (1620), ‘Revenge is not good in cold blood.’
revenge is sweet proverbial saying, mid 16th century. A similar idea is found earlier in Greek, in Homer' Iliad, ‘anger…that far sweeter than trickling honey wells up like smoke in the breasts of men.’ revenge tragedy a style of drama, popular in England during the late 16th and 17th centuries, in which the basic plot was a quest for vengeance and which typically featured scenes of carnage and mutilation, real or feigned insanity, and the appearance of ghosts. Examples of the genre include Thomas Kyd' The Spanish Tragedy (1592) and John Webster' The Duchess Of Malfi (1623). |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "revenge." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "revenge." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-revenge.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "revenge." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-revenge.html |
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venge·ance / ˈvenjəns/ • n. punishment inflicted or retribution exacted for an injury or wrong. PHRASES: with a vengeance used to emphasize the degree to which something occurs or is true: her headache was back with a vengeance. |
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"vengeance." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "vengeance." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-vengeance.html "vengeance." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-vengeance.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "revenge." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "revenge." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-revenge.html T. F. HOAD. "revenge." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-revenge.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "vengeance." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "vengeance." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-vengeance.html T. F. HOAD. "vengeance." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-vengeance.html |
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revenge •Falange, flange
•avenge, henge, revenge, Stonehenge
•arrange, change, counterchange, estrange, exchange, grange, interchange, Lagrange, mange, part-exchange, range, short-change, strange
•binge, cringe, fringe, hinge, impinge, singe, springe, swinge, syringe, tinge, twinge, whinge
•challenge • orange • scavenge
•lozenge • blancmange
•lounge, scrounge
•blunge, expunge, grunge, gunge, lunge, plunge, scunge, sponge
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"revenge." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "revenge." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-revenge.html "revenge." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-revenge.html |
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vengeance
•banns, glans, Prestonpans, sans
•Octans
•Benz, cleanse, Fens, gens, lens
•Homo sapiens • impatiens • nolens volens • delirium tremens • Serpens
•vas deferens • Cairns • Keynes
•Jeans, means, Queens, smithereens
•Owens • Robbins • Rubens • gubbins
•Hitchens • O'Higgins
•Huggins, juggins, muggins
•imagines • Jenkins • Eakins • Dickens
•Wilkins • Hopkins
•Dawkins, Hawkins
•Collins • Gobelins • widdershins
•matins • Martens • Athens • avens
•Heinz • confines • Apennines
•bonze, bronze, Johns, mod cons, Mons, St John's
•Downs, grounds, hash-browns, Townes
•Jones, nones
•lazybones • sawbones • fivestones
•New Orleans, Orléans
•Lions, Lyons
•Gibbons • St Albans • Siddons
•shenanigans • Huygens • vengeance
•goujons • St Helens • Hollands
•Newlands • Brooklands • Netherlands
•Siemens • Symons • commons
•summons • Lorenz • Parsons
•Goossens
•Lamentations, United Nations
•Colossians • Sextans • Buttons
•Evans • Stevens • Ovens • Onions
•Lutyens
•Cousins, Cozens
•Burns
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"vengeance." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "vengeance." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-vengeance.html "vengeance." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-vengeance.html |
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