revenged

Variant of revenge

revenge definition

re·venge (ri venj′)

transitive verb revenged -·venged′, revenging -·veng′·ing

  1. to inflict damage, injury, or punishment in return for (an injury, insult, etc.); retaliate for
  2. to take vengeance in behalf of (a person, oneself, etc.); avenge

Etymology: ME revengen < OFr revenger < re-, again + vengier, to take vengeance < L vindicare: see vindicate

intransitive verb

Obsolete to take vengeance

noun

  1. the act of revenging; vengeance
  2. what is done in revenging
  3. desire to take vengeance; vindictive spirit
  4. a chance to retaliate or get satisfaction, as by a return match after a defeat

Related Forms:

revenge Idioms

be revenged

to get revenge

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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