† vengeantadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Avenging; executing vengeance.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adjective] > avenging
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a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xcviii. 9 Lord oure god þou herd þaim: god þou was til þaim merciabil, and vengaunt in all þaire fyndyngis.
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adj.a1340- risible
- risibleness
- risibler
- risibles
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- risibly
- rising
- rising again
- rising arch
- rising board
- rising box
- rising butt
- rising butt hinge
- rising cupboard
- rising damp
- rising diphthong
- rising fives
- rising floor
- rising from the dead
- rising front
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- rising hinge
- rising hour
- rising line