Sekirov Dictionary

avenge

/əˈvɛnd͡ʒ/

verb 4
noun 1
forms 5

verb4

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To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
- Avenge O Lord thy slaughter'd Saints, whose bones / Lie scatter'd on the Alpine mountains cold, — 1673
[with oneself] To revenge oneself (on or upon someone).
•
(no longer used) To take vengeance.
- Thou shalt not auenge nor beare any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt loue thy neighbor as thy selfe: I am the Lord. — 1611
•
(no longer used) To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
- thy judgment in avenging thine enemies — 1609

noun1

(no longer used) An act of vengeance; a revenge.

forms

avenged · avenging · avenges · avengeth · avengest

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