avenge
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- //əˈvɛnd͡ʒ//
To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
verbo
- 1
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.
- 2
To revenge oneself (on or upon someone).
- 3
obsoletoTo 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.
- 4
arcaicoTo treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
thy judgment in avenging thine enemies
Etimologia
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 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-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō 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.
sostantivo
- 1
arcaicoAn act of vengeance; a revenge.
Forme
- plurale
- avenges
- passato
- avenged
- participio passato
- avenged
- participio presente
- avenging
- 3ª persona singolare
- avenges
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