Re‐vile″ (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Reviled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Reviling.] [Pref. re- + OF. aviler to make vile, depreciate, F. avilir; à (L. ad.) + vil vile. See Vile.] 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.