Avenge Definition

ə-vĕnj
avenged, avenges, avenging
verb
avenged, avenges, avenging
To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge.
Avenge a murder.
American Heritage
To get revenge for (an injury, wrong, etc.)
Webster's New World
To take vengeance on behalf of.
Avenged their wronged parents.
American Heritage
To take vengeance on behalf of, as for a wrong.
Webster's New World

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

To avenge the murder of his brother.
Wiktionary
noun
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Avenge

Noun

Singular:
avenge
Plural:
avenges

Origin of Avenge

  • Middle English avengen from Old French avengier a- to (from Latin ad- ad–) vengier to vindicate (from Latin vindicāre to claim vindicate)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French avenger, from a- (“upon”) + vengier, from Latin vindicō.

    From Wiktionary

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