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revying

revying is the present participle and gerund of revie.

Meaning of revie

Verb

revie (third-person singular simple present revies, present participle revying, simple past and past participle revied)

  1. (obsolete) To vie with, or rival, in return.
  2. (obsolete) To exceed an adversary's wager in a card game; to reraise.
    • here's a trick vied and revied!1598, Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please...
  3. (obsolete) To make a retort; to bandy words.

Questions about revying

What is revying the present participle and gerund of?
Revying is the present participle and gerund of revie.

Words near revying in the dictionary

  1. revving
  2. revving up
  3. revvings
  4. revvs
  5. revvy
  6. revying
  7. revêtement
  8. revêtements
  9. rew
  10. Rewa
  11. rewade

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