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Definition of Avenging
1. avenge [v] - See also: avenge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Avenging
Literary usage of Avenging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Native Tribes of Central Australia by Baldwin Spencer, Francis James Gillen (1899)
"... or avenging party— Account of the proceedings of a party—Offering the use of
women to the party—Agreement between the avenging party and the old men of ..."
2. The Northern Tribes of Central Australia by Sir Baldwin Spencer, Francis James Gillen (1904)
"Accordingly, while a large number of men were gathered together, advantage was
taken of the occasion to organise an avenging party. ..."
3. Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books by John Milton (1750)
"... avenging ire • . Had driven out th' ungodly from his fight 185 And th'
habitations of the ... avenging ..."
4. Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers by James Donaldson, Alexander Roberts, Allan Menzies, Novatianus (1870)
"HERE BEGINNETH THE avenging OF THE SAVIOUR. the days of the Emperor Tiberius
Casar, when Herod was tetrarch, Christ was delivered under Pontius Pilate by ..."
5. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1890)
"He would, they said, let loose avenging angels, to fall upon men and upon their
families Ul Independently of this resource, He had various ways whereby He ..."
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