Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Revile \Re*vile"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Reviled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Reviling}.] [Pref. re- + OF. aviler to make vile,
depreciate, F. avilir; [`a] (L. ad.) + vil vile. See {Vile}.]
To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous
language; to reproach. ``And did not she herself revile me
there?'' --Shak.
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again. --1 Pet.
ii. 23.
Syn: To reproach; vilify; upbraid; calumniate.
Reviling \Re*vil"ing\, n.
Reproach; abuse; vilification.
Neither be ye afraid of their revilings. --Isa. li. 7.
Reviling \Re*vil"ing\, a.
Uttering reproaches; containing reproaches. --
{Re*vil"ing*ly}, adv.