avenge

English

Etymology

From Old French avenger, from a- (“upon”) + vengier, from Latin vindicō.

Noun

avenge (plural avenges)

1. A vengeance; a revenge.

Verb

avenge (third-person singular simple present avenges, present participle avenging, simple past and past participle avenged)

1. (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

2. (intransitive, obsolete) To take vengeance.

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3. (nonstandard) To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.

Synonyms

• (take vengeance): get back at, retaliate, take revenge
• (treat revengefully): spite
• See also Wikisaurus:avenge

Translations

to take vengeance for

• Bulgarian: отмъщавам (bg) (otmǎštavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 報仇 (cmn), 报仇 (cmn) (bàochóu), 復仇 (cmn), 复仇 (cmn) (fùchóu)

• Czech: pomstít (cs) se, mstít (cs) se
• French: venger (fr)
• German: rächen (de)
• Hungarian: megbosszul (hu)

• Japanese: 復讐をする (ja) (ふくしゅうをする, fukushū o suru), かたきを討つ (ja) (かたきをうつ, kataki o utsu), あだを討つ (ja) (あだをうつ, ada o utsu)
• Latin: vindico (la), ulciscor (la), persequor (la), punio (la)
• Maori: rānaki (mi), ngaki (mi), rangaranga (mi)
• Portuguese: vingar (pt)
• Romanian: răzbuna (ro)
• Russian: мстить (ru) (mstítʹ) impf., отомстить (ru) (otomstítʹ) pf.
• Scottish Gaelic: dìol (gd)
• Spanish: vengar (es)

to treat revengefully

• Latin: vindico (la), ulciscor (la), persequor (la), punio (la)
• Polish: zemścić się (pl)
• Portuguese: vingar (pt)

• Romanian: răzbuna (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: dìol (gd)

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