1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) iv. xxv. sig. h.iiij^v I wold haue a reuengyng of my sonnes dethe.

a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) l. 235 In the rewenging of o wondit knycht.

1530 R. Whitford Werke for Housholders (new ed.) sig. D.ii^v That euer it be done for the reformacion of the persone, rather than for the reuengynge of the defaute.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 754 Inwardly nothing, but reuenging and confusion was in the kings stomack.

1607 S. Hieron Minoritie of Saints in Wks. (1620) I. 32 Men naturally are inclinable to contention, debate, quarrelling, reuenging.

1611 Bible (King James) Psalms lxxix. 10 By the reuenging of the blood of thy seruants. View more context for this quotation

1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 73 Two Enquiries offer themselves... One is concerning the Propulsation or repelling of Injuries, the other is concerning the revenging of Injuries already done.

1710 M. Fell Brief Coll. Margaret Fell 20 And since God brought him into this Nation in Love and Mercy, without shedding of Blood, or Revengings, she wishes that he would consider this, and show Mercy.

1787 A. Hawkins tr. V. Mignot Hist. Turkish Empire I. 151 Affairs of more importance constrained the sultan to postpone the revenging of this first loss.

1828 A. Herbert Nimrod II. ii. 139 The revenging of his friend became a duty in his mind paramount to all others.

1874 A. C. Swinburne Bothwell iii. ix. 312 If he may get your child once in his ward, To warrant him for ever in good time From all revenging of his father's death.

1915 C. M. Cresswell Making & Breaking of Almansur 327 The destruction of El-Andalus for the revenging of his baffled love.

2000 B. James Kill Me (2001) vii. 53 A bit of freelance revenging is often understandable, even praiseworthy.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John i. f. xvii The reuengeyng swerd of the Angell.

1592 R. Greene Philomela sig. C2^v For doubt of her reuenging husband, and thy protested enemie.

1632 R. Sanderson 12 Serm. 307 Revenging Justice shall haue nothing to doe with vs.

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) Ep. Ded. In the tail there is a horny sting full of revenging poyson.

1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Meleager & Atalanta in Fables 116 Come, come, revenging Sisters.

1753 H. Jones Earl of Essex iv. 42 Oh I could tear my erring Heart with these Revenging Hands!

1761 Andromache to Pyrrhus 24 Send thy revenging fiery Thunders down, And wrap in quenchless Flames each Grecian Town.

1844 E. B. Eastwick tr. F. Schiller Hist. Defection of United Netherlands iv. 303 All must perish by their revenging hands.

1861 G. Massey Havelock's March 148 When our darling of the sea Sank dying on his deck; With her revenging thunders, she Struck down his foe—a Wreck!

1905 W. S. Cramp Psyche xx. 273 Tiberius then crawled from his hiding-place, like an animal afraid of a revenging attack.

1991 R. Pack Long View ii. 166 The death he suffers at the hand of the revenging father figure, the Commendatore, is the death of social compliance and interiorized guilt.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. ii. 4 I haue belyed a Lady, The Princesse of this Country; and the ayre on't Reuengingly enfeebles me. View more context for this quotation

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Revengingly, with vengeance; vindictively.

1863 F. E. Bunnett tr. G. G. Gervinus Shakespeare Comm. II. 378 The fate of Brutus has revengingly befallen Antony.

1995 G.-M. Sarotte in M. Maufort Staging Difference 147 It is because Blanche..reminds Stanley of his ethnic and social difference that he revengingly crushes her.