avenge

English

Etymology

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

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. To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
2. 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) Czech: pomstít (cs) se, mstít (cs) se French: venger (fr) Hungarian: megbosszul (hu) Latin: vindico (la), ulciscor (la), persequor (la), punio (la) Portuguese: vingar (pt)

Romanian: răzbuna (ro) Russian: мстить (ru) (mstít') impf., отомстить (ru) (otomstít') pf. Scottish Gaelic: dìol (gd) Spanish: vengar (es)

to treat revengefully

Latin: vindico (la), ulciscor (la), persequor (la), punio (la) Portuguese: vingar (pt) Romanian: răzbuna (ro)

Scottish Gaelic: dìol (gd)

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