revile
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Revile her as they might, under her the Romanists had been on the whole gently and justly used.
From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)
Use no Reproachfull Language against any one neither Curse nor Revile Hawkins iii.
From George Washington's Rules of Civility Traced to their Sources and Restored by Moncure D. Conway by Conway, Moncure Daniel
Revile not with words him whom thou hast to correct with deeds: the punishment which the unhappy wretch is doomed to suffer is sufficient, without the addition of abusive language.
From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
Revile, rē-vīl′, v.t. to reproach: to calumniate.—v.i. to speak contemptuously.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Let those who know not wedded joy Revile this most illustrious boy— This genial child!
From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 by Thompson, Slason
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