Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - avenge
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Avenge
avenge
transitive verb (~d; avenging) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~r, from a- (from Latin ad-) + venger to ~ — more at vengeance Date: 14th century 1. to take vengeance for or on behalf of swore to ~ his father 2. to exact satisfaction for (a wrong) by punishing the wrongdoer ~d their leader's death • ~r noun
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1.
v.tr. 1 inflict retribution on behalf of (a person, a violated right, etc.). 2 take vengeance for (an injury). Phrases and idioms be avenged avenge oneself. Derivatives avenger n. Etymology: ME f. OF avengier f. {agrave} to + vengier f. L vindicare vindicate ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. мстить to avenge insult (up)on smb. —- отомстить за оскорбление кому-л. to avenge oneself on one's enemy for the insult —- отомстить своему врагу за (это) оскорбление I am avenged —- я от(о)мщен ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
v. мстить to avenge oneself - отомстить, отплатить за себя (on - кому-л.; for - за что-л.) ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
(avenges, avenging, avenged) If you avenge a wrong or harmful act, you hurt or punish the person who is responsible for it. He has devoted the past five years to avenging his daughter’s death... She had decided to avenge herself and all the other women he had abused. VERB: V n, V pron-refl ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ v literary to do something to hurt or punish someone because they have harmed or offended you (He wanted to avenge his brother's death.) - avenger n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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