avenge
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Is avenge a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of avenge?
Definition
verb (English)
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.Examples: "to avenge the murder of his brother"; "Avenge O Lord thy ſlaughter'd Saints, whoſe bones / Lie ſcatter'd on the Alpine mountains cold,"; "Father, today I will avenge your death."transitive
2. (reflexive) To revenge oneself (on or upon someone).reflexive
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To take vengeance.Examples: "Thou shalt not auenge nor beare any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt loue thy neighbor as thy selfe: I am the Lord."Synonyms: bewreak, get back at, retaliate, take revengeintransitiveobsolete
4. (transitive, archaic) To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.Examples: "thy judgment in avenging thine enemies"Synonyms: spitearchaictransitive
noun (English)
1. (archaic) An act of vengeance; a revenge.archaic
Definition source: Wiktionary