venie

t. [VENGE.) To avenge, to revenge. "He shall venie the blood of his seruantis."- Wycliffe: *3. Used adverbially=exceedingly. "That's a brave fellow; but he's vengeance proud, and loves not the common people." --Shakesp .: Coriolanus. ii. 6. *věnge'-ançe-lý, adv . [Eng. vengeance; -ly.] 2 Maccabees xxxii. 43. Extremely, exce ively; with a vengeance. "He loves that veng'ancely." Beaum. & Flet.: Prophete , i. 3. věnge-fül, *věnge-füll, a . [Eng. venge ; -full .] Vindictive, revengeful, retributive. "The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake." Goldsmith: Deserted Village . věnge'-ful-ly, adv. [Eng. vengeful; -ly. In a vengeful or vindictive manner; vindictively; revengefully. *věnge-fül-ne , subst . [Eng. vengeful ; -ne .] Vindictivene , revengefulne . "The two victims of his madne or of his vengefulne were removed to the London Hospital."-London Daily Telegraph. *věnge-ment, s. [O. Fr.] Avengement, retribution, revenge. "In vengement of her mother's great disgrace." Spenser: F. Q., IV. vii. 30. *věng-er, s. [English veng(e); -er.] One who avenges or revenges; an avenger. "His bleeding heart is in the venger's hand." Spenser: F. Q., I. iii. 20. *věng-er-e , s. [Eng. venger; -e .] A female avenger. "The three godde es and venger e es of felonies." Chaucers Boecius , bk. iii. *věng'-1-ble, a. [VENGEABLE.] *ve-ni-a-ble, adjective . [Latin venia =pardon.] [VENIAL.] Venial, pardonable, excusable. "More veniable is a dependance upon the philosopher's stone."-Browne: Vulgar Errors , bk. iii., ch. xii. *vē-ni-a-bly, adv . [Eng. veniab (le); -ly .] In a venial manner; pardonably, excusably, veniably. vē'-ni-al, *ve-ni-all, a. & s. [Old Fr. venial , from Lat. venial is , from venia =favor, pardon; Sp. & Port. venial ; Ital. veniale .] IMG:content-0442.png:[blocks in formation] *B. As subst .: A venial sin or offense. "And [it] gently blanches over the breaches of God's law, with the name of venialls and favorable titles of diminution."- Bp . Hall : Di uasive from Popery.