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From Middle English revilen, from re + Old French aviler (to make vile or cheap, disprize, disesteem), from a- (to) + vil (vile, cheap); see vile.

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revile (third-person singular simple present reviles, present participle reviling, simple past and past participle reviled)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To attack (someone) with abusive language.

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revile (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) reproach; reviling
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker []; [a]nd by Robert Boulter []; [a]nd Matthias Walker, [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC:
      The gracious Judge, without revile, replied.

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