What does avenge mean?
Definitions for avenge
əˈvɛndʒavenge
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word avenge.
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.
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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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
A crime which is the crime of many none avenge.
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.
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.
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.
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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- 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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