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To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach.

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  1. v. t. & i. To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach.
  2. n. Reproach; reviling.
  3. v. spread negative information about
  4. To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach. "And did not she herself revile me there" Shak. Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again. 1 Pet. ii. 23. Syn. -- To reproach; vilify; upbraid; calumniate. Reproach; reviling. [Obs.] The gracious Judge, without revile, replied. Milton.
  5. To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language;to reproach. "And did not she herself revile me there" Shak.Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again. 1 Pet. ii. 23.
  6. v:100 v spread negative information about