Definitions for avenge
əˈvɛndʒavenge

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. revenge, avenge, retaliateverb

   take revenge for a perceived wrong

   "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. avengenoun

   A vengeance; a revenge.

2. avengeverb

   To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.

3. avengeverb

   To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.

4. Etymology: From avengier, from a- + vengier, from vindicare.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To AVENGEverb

   Etymology: venger, Fr.

   1. To revenge.

   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.

   2. To punish.

   Till Jove, no longer patient, took his time
   T’ avenge with thunder your audacious crime. Dryden.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Avengeverb

   to take vengeance for; to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer

2. Avengeverb

   to treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on

3. Avengeverb

   to take vengeance

4. Avengenoun

   vengeance; revenge

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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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1. Avenge

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Anagrams for avenge »

1. Geneva

2. vangee

How to pronounce avenge?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of avenge in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of avenge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of avenge in a Sentence

1. Lucan:

   A crime which is the crime of many none avenge.

2. Meedya Raqqa:

   I lost a lot of friends in this war and I resist to avenge their death, no matter the destruction in Kobani, it can be built again -- the important thing is to destroy this strange enemy that entered our land.

3. Edmund Burke:

   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.

4. Sean Mayers:

   ShipYourEnemiesGlitter is all about one-time revenge, bad Neighbour Notes is all about the ability to avenge yourself over and over again for all of the annoying things your neighbour does to you.

5. Karl Kraus:

   Progress celebrates victories over nature. Progress makes purses out of human skin. When people were traveling in mail coaches, the world got ahead better than it does now that salesmen fly through the air. What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way? How will the heirs of this age be taught the most basic motions that are necessary to activate the most complicated machines? Nature can rely on progress; it will avenge it for the outrage it has perpetrated on it.

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