[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That avenges or has as its attribute to avenge.
1596. Spenser, F. Q., I. vii. 47. The bitter dint of his auenging blade.
1667. Milton, P. L., VII. 184. Whose just avenging ire Had driven out th’ ungodly from his sight.
1781. Gibbon, Decl. & F., II. 119. An avenging Deity.
1836. Hor. Smith, Tin Trump. (1876), 183. Wielding the avenging thunder.
