資料來源 : 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.