What does avenge mean?
Definitions for avenge
əˈvɛndʒavenge
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Princeton's WordNet
revenge, avenge, retaliateverb
take revenge for a perceived wrong
"He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"
Wiktionary
avengenoun
A vengeance; a revenge.
avengeverb
To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
avengeverb
To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
Etymology: From avengier, from a- + vengier, from vindicare.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To AVENGEverb
Etymology: venger, Fr.
I will avenge me of mine enemies. Isaiah, i. 24.
They stood against their enemies, and were avenged of their adversaries. Wisd. xi. 3.
I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu. Hosea, i. 4.
Till Jove, no longer patient, took his time
T’ avenge with thunder your audacious crime. Dryden.
ChatGPT
avenge
Avenge is an action or response with the purpose of inflicting harm or damage on someone in retaliation for wrong they have done to oneself or another. It often involves giving appropriate punishment or seeking justice for a grievous act committed against someone.
Webster Dictionary
Avengeverb
to take vengeance for; to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer
Avengeverb
to treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on
Avengeverb
to take vengeance
Avengenoun
vengeance; revenge
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Avenge
a-venj′, v.t. to vindicate: take vengeance on some one on account of some injury or wrong (with on, upon; of obsolete).—adj. Avenge′ful.—ns. Avenge′ment; Aveng′er, one who avenges:—fem. Aveng′eress. [O. Fr. avengier—L. vindicāre. See Vengeance.]
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Anagrams for avenge »
Geneva
vangee
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of avenge in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of avenge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of avenge in a Sentence
Let my son never forget the last words of his father, which I repeat emphatically; let him never seek to avenge our deaths.
I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone.
I lost my best friend eight months ago. She killed herself to save her friends and the injured around her, these are the difficult moments that we live, but I told you we gain strength from these martyrs. They are difficult moments that make you do more to avenge their death to make her dreams come true. The road she began, you finish.
A crime which is the crime of many none avenge.
What's driving me is a sense of wanting to avenge the death of my brother and his wife.
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- انتقامArabic
- отмъщавамBulgarian
- mstít, pomstítCzech
- rächenGerman
- vengarSpanish
- vengerFrench
- dìolScottish Gaelic
- megbosszulHungarian
- あだを討つ, 復讐, かたきを討つJapanese
- vindico, punio, vindicabo, persequor, ulciscorLatin
- rānaki, ngaki, rangarangaMāori
- zemścić sięPolish
- vingarPortuguese
- răzbunaRomanian
- отомстить, мститьRussian
- hämnaSwedish
- ÖcüTurkish
- بدلہUrdu
- 报仇Chinese
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