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avenge (ə venj′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb avenged avenged′, avenging aveng′·ing

  1. to get revenge for (an injury, wrong, etc.)
  2. to take vengeance on behalf of, as for a wrong

Etymology: ME avengen < OFr avengier < a- (L ad), to + vengier < L vindicare, to claim: see vindicate

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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