venge

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verb

To avenge; to punish; to revenge.

OriginMiddle English vengen ← Old French venger ← Latin vindicare →
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Meanings

verbvenge (third-person singular simple present venges, present participle venging, simple past and past participle venged)

present singular third person venges · participle present venging · participle past venged · past venged

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo avenge; to punish; to revenge.

    To safeguard thine own life / The best way is to venge my Gloucester's death.

    c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, act 1, scene 2

Origin

  1. Latinvindicare“to avenge, vindicate”
  2. Old Frenchvenger
  3. Middle Englishvengen
  4. Englishvenge

From Middle English vengen, from Old French venger, from Latin vindicare (“to avenge, vindicate”).

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