avenge
verbEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s Proto-Italic *wīs Latin vim Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti Proto-Italic *deikō Latin dīcere Proto-Indo-European *-s Latin -s Latin vindex Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin vindicāre Old French vengier Old French avengierbor. Middle English avengen English avenge Inherited from Middle English avengen, borrowed from Old French avengier, from a- + vengier.
- derived from avengier
Definitions
To take vengeance (for)
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
- Avenge O Lord thy ſlaughter'd Saints, whoſe bones / Lie ſcatter'd on the Alpine mountains cold,
- Father, today I will avenge your death.
To revenge oneself (on or upon someone).
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.
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To treat revengefully
To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
- thy judgment in avenging thine enemies
An act of vengeance
An act of vengeance; a revenge.
The neighborhood
- synonymavenge
- synonymeven the score
- synonymget one's own back
- synonymsettle the score
- synonymtar out
- neighborrevenge
Derived
avengeable, avengeance, avengeful, avengement, avenger, avengingly, unavenged, unavenging
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA