reˈvengeable, a. ? Obs.
[f. revenge v.]
† 1. Revengeful. Obs.
| 1513 Douglas æneis xi. xi. 126 Out of my cais That ilke revengeabill arow thou owt rais. 1552 Latimer Serm. & Rem. (Parker Soc.) 212 [They] have been backbiters and slanderers, wrathful and revengeable, and so continue, without amendment. 1689 Sherlock Death iii. §7 (1731) 160 The Laws..allow Scope enough to satisfy the most revengeable Man. |
2. Worthy or capable of being revenged.
| 1592 Warner Alb. Eng. vii. xxxvii. (1602) 185 Through blinde bace Loue induring wrong reuengeable in season. |