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Definition of Reviled
1. revile [v] - See also: revile
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reviled
Literary usage of Reviled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by American Committee of Revision (1881)
"23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened
not; but committed kimse/f to him that judgeth righteously : 25 For ye were ..."
2. The History of England by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"The duke of Marlborough insulted and reviled—§ XXI. Inquiry into the conduct of
the war in Spain—§ XXII. Severe votes in the house of commons against those ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"But on my return to Austria, I found myself a greater alien—a still more reviled,
more desolate creature ! I was assured by the survivors of my family that ..."
4. Mores Catholici: Or, Ages of Faith by Kenelm Henry Digby (1894)
"Pythagoras taught boys never to insult any one, and when reviled to make no reply.
... Thus, for several years unjustly despised, overburdened, reviled, ..."
5. Christian Baptism: As Delivered to the Churches by the Evangelists and by Thomas Baldwin (1812)
"If we are not baptized as Christ was, we will remember his example, " who when
he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not, ..."
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