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avenge
English
Etymology
From Middle English avengen, borrowed from Old French avengier, from a- (“upon”) + vengier, from Latin vindic?, vindic?re.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??v?nd??/
Verb
avenge (third-person singular simple present avenges, present participle avenging, simple past and past participle avenged)
- (transitive) To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
- to avenge the murder of his brother
- (intransitive, obsolete) To take vengeance.
- (transitive, archaic) To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
- 1609, Bishop Hall, Some few of David's Psalmes Metaphrased
- thy judgment in avenging thine enemies
- 1609, Bishop Hall, Some few of David's Psalmes Metaphrased
Synonyms
- (take vengeance): bewreak, get back at, retaliate, take revenge
- (treat revengefully): spite
- See also Thesaurus:avenge
Usage notes
The object of "avenge" is generally the act of injury or the injured party, never (in modern usage) the injuring party. The injuring party may be specified with "on," as in "to avenge X on his killer," but this is rather more common with "take/get revenge" and "revenge oneself" than with "avenge."
Translations
Noun
avenge (plural avenges)
- (archaic) An act of vengeance; a revenge.
Anagrams
- Geneva
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avenged
English
Verb
avenged
- simple past tense and past participle of avenge
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