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VENGEANCELY. VENIAL.
1673 Vinegar Ar ^fustar^i^H\x\6.\cy) III. 8 You are land-sick
now, and not sea-sick, with a vengeance to you for me. x8^
Carlvle in Kroude Li/e in London 1. 70 Why not quit
literature— with a vengeance to it— and turn, were it even
to sheep herding ?
b. As an inteusive : With great force or violence;
in an extreme degree ; loan unusual extent.
1568 V. Skin'nrr Ir. Monianus* Inquisition 24 b, He shall
GOme downe with a %-engeaunce. 1594 Greene & Loik;k
Looking Gl. I. ii. 336 A pbister..that mends him with a
erie vengeance. 1611 Middleton & Dkkker Roaring
C»Vi> Mj, Are you too well, too happy? Aie.v. Wiihavengeance.
1654 H. L'Estrance Ckas. /(1655) 88 The furious
multitude.. struck him down, and mailed him with a vengeance.
1673 [R. LkichI I'roftsp. Rfk. 63 Accordingly he
lays it on wiih a vengeance. 1711 * J. Distaff' Char. Don
5iK-ArtVTr//«» 6 This, .is proving the.. Existence ol Gyants
..with a Vengeance. 1761 Foote /,mr ti. Wks. 1799 I. 293
His friends..gloss over his foible, by calling him an agreeable
novelist : and so he is, with a vengeance. 1834 L.
Ritchie Wand, hy Seine (i^%om^ readers will think that we
are drawing our traveller's bow with a vengeance.
1867M.
Arnold Celtic Lit, 29 Here, at any rate, are materials
enough with a vengeance.
t O. So With the vengeatue. Ohs~^
1693 Humours Town 29 This is following the Dictates of
Reason with the vengeance.
t6. A%adv. a. Extremely, intensely. Obs,
i548rL. Shepherd] yohn Bon ^ Afas t /erson {iZoS) 5 Is not
here a mischeuous thynge? The Messe is vengaunce holye
for all iher sayeinge. 1566 Pasgnine in Traunce 41, I
remember that disputation. It is vengeaunce subtile. Ibid,
44 They were also vengeance angry against the Pope. 1607
>HAKS. Cor. It. ii. 6 That's a braue fellow: but bee's venceance
prowd. n i6s6 Beaum. & Fl. Little Fr. Lawyer 11.
i. How it grumbles ! Thb Sword is vengeance an^ry.
1710-it Swift 7r«/. /o.S"/t//rt 21 Jan., It has snowed terribly
all night, and is vengeance cold,
t b. Not at all, never. Qbs,
1556 J. Heywood spider ^ Fly xxx'ix. 7 Vengeance the
whit I am for their woordes the nere,
t 6. As adj. Very great or large. O^s,"^
i6oa FuLBF.cKE 2nd Pt. Parall. Introd. 4, I bought the
booke.. because it was in English: yet there is a vengeance
deale of Latin in it.
7. attrih. and Comb., as veugeance-cryer^ -^'^'"^i
-oatky -scathed^ -sivordy -taking.
c 1386 Chaucer Melib. f 65 For al-be-it so that alle tarying
be anoyful, algates it is nat to repreve in yevinge of
lugement, ne in vengeance-taking, whan it is suffisant and
resonable. f 15x5 Cocke LorelPs Ii. 11 Ciirsers, chyders,
and grete vengeaunce cryers. x6o8 Sylvester Du Bartns
II. iv. Schistne 1061 Lord, sheath again thy vengeance-sword
a space. 1617 A. Newman Pleas. Vis. 15 Haples wretches,
with the memory Toriur'd of woe, and vengeance-crying
Sins. 1838 S. Bellamy Betrayal 43 When o'erthrown
In first rebellion, vengeance-scathed he fled. 1844 Mrs.
Browning Duchess May xxviii, Thou and I have parted
troth,— yet I keepiry vengeance-oath.
Hence f Ve'nffeancely adv. ; f Ve'ncreancer.
c 1440 Promp. Parv. 508/2 Veniawncere, . . vendicator,
ultor^ vindex. i6aa Fletcher Prophetess \. iii, Yet I could
poyson him in a Pot of Perry, He loves that veng'ancely.
t Veilgeant, T. Obs.—^ in 4 vengaunt. [a.
AF. vengant (F. vengeant)^ pres. pple. of venger
Vexge ^'.] Avenfjing ; executing vengeance.
a 1340 Hampolf. Psalter xcviii. 9 Lord oure god )>o\x
herd ^aim : god \>aim merciabil, and vengaunt
in all l>aire fyndyngis.
Vengear, obs. form of Venger.
Vengefal (ve-ndj^ful), a. [f. Venge z;., after
rfvengeftii. Cf. Avengeful a.]
1. Harbouring revenge ; seeking vengeance
prone or inclined to avenge oneself; vindictive.
"t '599 Spensf.r F. Q. vti. vi. 48 [She] thinkes what punishment
were best assign'd And thousand dcathes deuiseth
in her vengeful! mind. 1701 F. Manning Poems 77 A worse
Event.. The vengeful Cupid sent. 1713 Swift On Himself
Wks. 1755 IV. 1. 12 The queen incens'd, his services forgot.
Leaves liim a victim to the vengeful Scot, a 1763 Shen-
STONK Inscription vi. 24 Fair and flowVy is the brake. Vet
it hides the vengeful snake. i8ia Combe Syntax^ Pic- \
turesque xxv. 452 Again the vengeful foes appear 'd. Again
their angry standards rear'd. 1856 Kane Arct. Expi. \. j
XXX. 414 One of them, the male, is excited—the other, the !
female, collected and vengeful. 1873 Symonds Grk. Poets ;
i. 9 Ulysses is.. pitiless in his hostility; subtle, vengeful, i
cunning.
trausf. f t6oo Shaks. Sonn. xcix, But for his theft.. A \
vengfull canker eate him vp to death. 1848 Faber Spir.
Confer. (1870) 124 Wasted time is a vengeful thing. 1879 I
Geo. Eliot Theo. Such iv. 159 An abandoned beliefmay be j
more effectively vengeful than Dido. I
b. Inflicting vengeance; serving as an instm-
ment of vengeance. Said of a weapon, the hand
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or arm, etc. !
(a) a 1586 SinNEY Ps. XXT. xii, Thou shah.. ready make
thy vengcfull bow Against their guilty faces. 1593 Shaks.
2 Hen. VI, 111. ii. 198 Here's a vengefuU Sword, rusted with ,
eaw. a 1623 Fletcher i::fl7/^'iC«^t'v. iii, I pray His venge- I
ful sword may fall upon thy head Successfully. 1735 Pope i
Odyss.\. 154 The proud oppressors fly the vengeful sword, i
18*7 G. Chalmers Caledonia L 11. iii. 253 The victorious 1
career of Ida was stopt..by the vengeful sword of the I
valorous Owen. 1869 Goulbourm Purs. Holiness i. i So
could he bid the vengeful fire fall from heaven.
(3) 1696 Tate & Brady Ps. cvi. 17 Her vengeful Jaws exlendmg
wide. 17*9 T. Cooke Tales, c.c. 140 Of all who
fought beneath this Chiefs Command Not one escap'd the
Critic's vengeful Hand. 1748 Johnson Van. Hum. Wishes \
168 Rebellion's vengeful talons. « 1800 Cowpf.r ///W(ed. 2J !
XXI. 343 Allow no respite to thy vengeful arm Till ev'ry j
Trojan,. within Ilium's lofty walls Be fast enclosed. |
2. Of actions or feelings : Characterized or I
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I prompted
by revengeful motives; arising from a
desire for vengeance.
1635—56 Cowley Dax'ideis iii. Poems (1905) 328 Full thrice
six years they felt fierce Eglons yoke. Till Ehuds sword
Gods vengeful Message spoke. 1649 Milton Eikon. viiL
Wks. 1851 III. 392 That choleric, and vengefuU act of proclaiming
him Traitor. 1709 Prior Car/it. Sec. xvii. With
wise Silence pond'ring vengeful Wars. 1774 Goldsm. IVat.
Hist. VII. 193 To us who seldom feel tlie vengeful wound,
it is merely a subject of curiosity. x8i8 Scoit Hrt. Midi.
xxix, The fury darted her knife at him with tne vengeful
dexterity of a wild Indian. 1845 Ld. Campbell Chancellors
liv. (1857) III. 77 In no composition that I have met with is
there a greater display of vengeful malignity. 1874 Grekn
Short Hist. viii. § 7. 534 The Massacre had left them the
objects of a vengeful hate.
Hence Ve'n^eftilly adv,^ Ve'ngefttlness.
1830-1 RusKiN Iteriad 11. 300 His dark lightning-eye
made him seem.. like his own Thalaba, *vengefully tired.
1844 KiNGLAKE Eothen iv, On he goes vengefully thirsting
for the best blood of Troy. 1897 Advance (Chicago) 31 July
143/1 He looked at his mother vengefully. 1717 Bailey
(vol. II), *Vengefulntss, vindictive or revengeful Temper or
Nature. 1861 Meredith /'w^. /K,ifef. (1912) 134 He fainted on
his vengefulness, and strove To ape the magnanimity of love.
t Ve'llgement. Obs, [a. OF. vengementy f.
venger Venge v, Cf. Avengement.] Vengeance.
1338 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 197, I wille of ^-at feloun
tak vengement, pat so fordos my coroun. 1390 Gowbr Conf.
111. 282 His oghne brother iherupon. .Tok of that Senne
vengement. 1484 Caxton Curiall 2, I telle to the that thy
vengement shal engendre to the more greuous aduersytes.
1555 Watreman Fardle Facions App. 351 That thei should
take vengemente vpon them, bothe by officer, and without.
1596 Spenser F. Q. vi. iii. 18 Witnesse thereof he shew'd his
head there left. And wretched life forlorne for vengement of
his theft.
Vengeno9, -ency, varr. Vfngeance, -ancy.
t Ve'XIgeously, adv. Obs. rare. [Irreg. f.
Venge v, Cf, Vengeancely adv."] Violently,
viciously.
1599 Breton Miseries ManHlia Wks. (Grosart) II. 43/1
If I did but even touch her, the monkie would set out the
throate, and crie so vengeouslie, that to it must the mother
come. 1824 in Spirit Pub. Jmls. {1825) 312 He came up
to me so vengeously in the street, and 1 said to him, * Can t
it be done without fighting ? '
Venger (vend^si). Forms : 4-5 veniour,
-iere, vengere, 5- venger (5 wen-), 6 vengear
(van-), [a, AF. or OF. *vengeotir {vangeor^ vencheuTy
F. vetigenr) and vengiere, agent-n, f, venger
Venge z',] An avenger. Now poel. or rhel,
A 1340 Hampole Psalter viii. 3 pat pou distroy the enmy
&(«; vengere, c 1380 Wvclif Sel. IVks. III. 297 He is
Goddis mynystre, vengere into wrabhe to hym J>at doj?
evyl. 138* — Hosea v. 13 And Effraym wenteto Assur, and
sente to the kyng veniour. 1447 Bokknham Seyntys (Roxb.)
54 And this I wyl thou know for sekyrnesse That god is
wenger of wyckydnesse. 1483 Cath. Angl. 400/1 A venger,
vindex^ vindicator. 1516 Tindale i'rol. Ep. Romans
A iij. Thou woldest thatt their were no. .God, the auctor
and vangear of the lawe, 1590 Spenser F. Q. i. iii. 20 His
bleeding hart is in the vengers hand. x6oi Yarington Tivo
Lauieut. 'frag. iv. viii. in Bullen O. PI. IV, I, he is well, in
such a vengers handes, As will not winck at your iniquitie.
1865 Reader 16 Sept. 399/2 Other champion of our cause
shall come,, .venger of his sire. i88i H. Phillips tr.
Chatnisso's Faust 10 The Venger's Vengeance smites the
guilty head.
tVe'ngeress. Obs. rare. [n. OF. vengeresse :
cf. prec, and -ess.] A female avenger.
In quot. c 1450 as the name of a spear.
C1374 Chaucer Boeth. \\\. met. xii. 11868) 107 J»e J?re goddess
s, furijs, and vengerisse of felonies, c 1450 Merlin xiv.
229 This kynge alain was seke of the woundes of the spere
vengeresse [F. la lance vengeresse]. 1490 Caxton Eneydos
xxvii. 99 O cruelle vltryces, wycked vengeresses, Furyes infernalle
& lusticers of helle. 1647 Hexham i, A vengeresse,
een wrecckster.
t VengesOTir. Obs. rare. [f. OF. vengeis-on
vengeance.] An avenger,
138a Wyclif ler. xxvi. 25 And I shal brynge vpon 30W
a swerd, vengesoure [1388 vengere] of my boond of pees.
— Numb. XXXV. 25 The hoond of the vengesour.
t Ve*Hgible, «. and Of/r;. Obs. [var. of Venge-
ABLE a^
1. Vengeful, vindictive.
1548 Cooper Elyot's Dict.^ /?/r«j,. .vengible, cruell, terrible.
JS95 Locrine 1. ii. 16 The desperate god Cuprit, with
one of his vengible birdbolts, hath shot me vnto the heele.
1607 ToPSELL Fourf. Beasts 461 These also are the Epethites
of the Lionesse :. .bold, stony-harted, vengible. 1609
Holland /!;«;//. Marcell, 321 A vengible wayt-layer,..by
bloudie grudges and displeasures doing much mischief.
b. Grievous, severe.
i6oi Holland Pliny I. 4 Impose they doe upon them hard
and vengible charges to execute.
2. Remarkable, extraordinary. Also as adv.
1594 LvLV Mother Bombie mi. ii, He spake nothing but
sentences, but they were vengible long ones. 160a Contention
beiw. Liberality b.\. es
clensed wele Of al dedely syn and of veniele. c 1386 Chaixer
Pars. T. 287 In \>\% wise skippith venial in to dedly synne.
c 1400 26 Pol. Poems ix. 85 In venyale synne longe to byde,
Make^ dedly synnes to growe grete. 1483 Caxton Gold.
Leg. 60/2 'Ibswere lyghtly without hurte or blame is venyal
syrme. 1526 Pilgr. I'erf. (W. de W. 1531) 180 Whome no
synne sholde defoule, neylher originall nor actuall, mortall
ne venyall. 1558 Bp. Watson Sev, Sacram. \. 5 If he hath
lightly offended in any venyall synne, he pardonelh him.
1615 Brathwait Strappado (1878) 83 If I but tutch, to
tutch 's a veniall sin. The pretty circle of thy dimpled
chin, 168a Burnet Rights Princes Pref. 33 Ihat it is only
a Venial Sin in any, to lessen the great authority of another.
a X700 in Cath. Rec. Soc. Publ. IX. 360 She had rather have
suffered a thousand deaths, ihen wittingly commite y* least
veniall sinne. 1737 Challoner Cath. Chr. Instr. (1753)116
By what Rule shall a Person be able to make a Judgment
whether his Sins be mortal or venial ? 1830 Scott Demonol.
ii. 56 The crime of the person who, .consulted the oracle of
Apollo;—a capital offence in a Jew, but surely a venial sin
in an ignorant and deluded pagan. 1875 Jowett Plato
(ed. 2) I. 408 Those who have only committed venial sins are
first purified of them.
b. Of Climes, offences, etc.
1604 Shaks. 0th. iv. i. 9 If they do nothing, *lis a Veniall
slip. i6aa J. Taylor (Water V.) Sir Gregory NonsenceV^Va.
(1630) 4/1 The man that seeketh straying minds to weane
all. From veniall vices, or offences penall. 1665 Boyle
Occas. Refl- Pref. p. x, I hope it will lie thought a venial
Crime, if in some of these Meditations I have not aim'd to
express Eloquence, but only to cherish Piety. 1746 Frakcis
tr. Hor.^ Sat. 1. iv. 174 Thus, pure from more pernicioi-s
crimes I live: Some venial frailties you may well forgive.
1796 W. H. Marshall Rur. Eicon. II. 115 The practice of
pruning off the side boughs of Hedgerow Elms is a venial
crime. 187a Yeats Growth Comm. 56 Our own laws not
long ago punished forgery and even more venial crimes with
death. 1876 Fakrar Mnrlb. Senii. xiv. 134 Laughter may
be the right cure for venial follies.
+ c. Of an offender : Committing a venial sin or
offence. Obs.'^'^
1796 Mme. D'Arblav Camilla I. 225 The venial offender
had been released with a gentle reprimand.
2. Of an error or fault : That may be excused or
overlooked ; of a light, unimpoitant, or trivial
nature ; excusable.
J581 Pettik Guazzo's Civ. Conv. 11. (1586) 66 b, Whereby
we may gather, ih.it if the fault in wordes be veniall, the
fault in sentence and matter be mortall. 1639 Fuller Holy
it'ar v. ix. 243 In the prosecuting and m;inaging thereof,
many not only veniall errours but unexcusable faults were
committed. 1699 Bentlev Pkal. 326 He thinks it a more
venial fault to make a mistake at Second hand after others.
'735 Bolincbroke On Parties xix. 235 He, who would have
been ashamed to participate in Fraud, or to yield to Corniption,
may begin to think the Faults venial, when he sees
Men, who were far below Him, rise above Him by Fraud
and by Corruption. 1784 Cowper Task vi. 41B Witness at
his foot. The spaniel dying, for some venial fault. 1815
Scott Betrothed (Iloncl., This is a venial error compared to
that of our ancestors. 1876 Fakrar Marlb. Serm. xxxvi.
362 If a boy has committed some, .quite venial fault.
b. In general use,
1806 in Mrs. Hutchinson's Mem. ofCol. H. 304 note^ The
account here given of Col. Hutchinson's moiives..lays his
conduct fairly open to the discussion . .of the reader, who.
will determine it for himself to be commendable, censurable,
or venial. 1809-10 Coleridge Friend (1865) 138 This was
indeed a gross delusion, but, assuredly for young men at
least, a very venial one too. 1850 W. Irving Mahomet xvi.
(1853) 06 An act of plunder and revenge -a venial act in the
eyes of the Arabs. x88o R. G. White Every-Day Eng. 79