revenge

1. (transitive) To take revenge for (a particular harmful action) or on behalf of (its victim); to avenge.Examples: "Arsenal revenged their loss to Manchester United last time with a 5–0 drubbing this time."; "The gods are just, and will revenge our cause."; "to revenge the death of our fathers"transitive

2. (transitive, reflexive) To take one's revenge (on or upon someone).Examples: "Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius."reflexivetransitive

3. (intransitive, archaic) To take vengeance; to revenge itself.Examples: "a bird that will revenge upon you all"; "Count it not hard henceforth, when thou dost hear That a just vengeance was by righteous court Justly reveng'd. […]"archaicintransitive