单词 | revengement |
释义 | revengementn. Revenge, retribution; an act or instance of this. Formerly also: †punishment (obsolete).Very common in the 16th and 17th centuries. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [noun] justice?a1160 penancec1300 defensiona1382 forfeiture1390 punishment1402 revengementa1513 penition1547 revenge1561 infliction1590 supplice1646 vindictive1726 auto-da-fé1767 woodshedding1940 knuckle-rapping1944 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 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxiii. f. xxiii He ferynge ye Sequell and Reuengement of the same laft that Countree. 1540 R. Morison tr. J. L. Vives Introd. Wysedome (new ed.) L iv Leave the revengement of thyne enemyes to me, and I wyll se them payde. 1581 B. Rich Farewell Militarie Profession v. sig. Siiijv Neither to take thy life nor thy purse, but to minister reuengemente for thy large speeches. 1613–18 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 13 Ethelred..to increase the summe of reuengement..caused many of the Danique Nobility to be murthered. 1666 J. Bunyan Grace Abounding §192 A strong and hot desire of revengement upon myself for the abuse I had done. 1791 S. Dobson tr. Petrarch View Human Life 180 It is more honest to forgive: mercy hath commended many, but revengement none. 1844 P. O. Hutchinson Chron. Gretna Green I. xix. 262 The..aim not being murder and revengement, but the rescue of his countryman only. 1891 A. Hartshorne Hanging in Chains 72 This post~mortem revengement was thought to be a singular great comfort to the relatives. 1919 E. H. Robinson Smiles v. 53 Hit haint the Lord's purpose thet humans should spill each other's blood, leastwise onless thar's somethin' bigger et stake then spite er revengement. 2001 S. Meallet Edgewater Angels (2002) 40 Their revengements on enemy gangs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1513 |
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