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Avenge definition

ə-vĕnj
avenged avenges avenging
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To get revenge for (an injury, wrong, etc.)
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To take vengeance on behalf of.

Avenged their wronged parents.

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To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge.

Avenge a murder.

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To take vengeance on behalf of, as for a wrong.
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The definition of avenge is to get revenge for or punish someone for a wrongdoing.

Throwing eggs at someone's car after they threw eggs at your house is an example of to avenge.

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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.

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(archaic) To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
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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

Avenge Sentence Examples

  • Forgive thy enemy, do not avenge thyself except by doing him good.

  • His great expedition to Delhi was undertaken in 1756 in order to avenge himself on the Great Mogul for the recapture of Lahore.

  • When Minos, king of Crete, was on his way to attack Athens to avenge the murder of his son Androgeus, for which Aegeus was directly or indirectly responsible, he laid siege to Megara.

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