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revile

v.
US //ɹiˈvaɪɫ// UK //ɹɪvˈaɪl// re·vile Archaic
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Origin

From Middle English revilen, from re + Old French aviler (“to make vile or cheap, disprize, disesteem”), from a- (“to”) + vil (“vile, cheap”); see vile.

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