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avenge

to exact satisfaction for; vindicate: He will avenge his partner’s death.
Not to be confused with:
revenge – to exact punishment for a wrong in a resentful spirit: She was determined to get revenge for the insulting remark. [Avenge and revenge were formerly interchangeable, but now they convey diverse ideas. Avenge means inflicting punishment as an act of retributive justice: to avenge a murder by bringing the criminal to trial. Revenge is now defined as inflicting pain to retaliate for real or fancied wrongs: He will revenge himself upon the man who libeled him.]
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a·venge

 (ə-vĕnj′)
tr.v. a·venged, a·veng·ing, a·veng·es
1. To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge: avenge a murder.
2. To take vengeance on behalf of: avenged their wronged parents.
[Middle English avengen, from Old French avengier : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + vengier, to vindicate (from Latin vindicāre, to claim; see vindicate).]
a·veng′er n.
a·veng′ing·ly adv.
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avenge

(əˈvɛndʒ)
vb
(usually tr) to inflict a punishment in retaliation for (harm, injury, etc) done to (a person or persons); take revenge for or on behalf of: to avenge a crime; to avenge a murdered friend.
[C14: from Old French avengier, from vengier, from Latin vindicāre; see vengeance, vindicate]
aˈvenger n
aˈvengeress fem n
Usage: The use of avenge with a reflexive pronoun was formerly considered incorrect, but is now acceptable: she avenged herself on the man who killed her daughter
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a•venge

(əˈvɛndʒ)

v.t. a•venged, a•veng•ing.
1. to take vengeance or exact satisfaction for: to avenge a murder.
2. to take vengeance on behalf of.
[1325–75; Middle English < Old French avengier=a- a-5 + vengier < Latin vindicāre; see vindicate]
a•venge′ful, adj.
a•veng′er, n.
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avenge


Past participle: avenged
Gerund: avenging

Imperative
avenge
avenge
Present
I avenge
you avenge
he/she/it avenges
we avenge
you avenge
they avenge
Preterite
I avenged
you avenged
he/she/it avenged
we avenged
you avenged
they avenged
Present Continuous
I am avenging
you are avenging
he/she/it is avenging
we are avenging
you are avenging
they are avenging
Present Perfect
I have avenged
you have avenged
he/she/it has avenged
we have avenged
you have avenged
they have avenged
Past Continuous
I was avenging
you were avenging
he/she/it was avenging
we were avenging
you were avenging
they were avenging
Past Perfect
I had avenged
you had avenged
he/she/it had avenged
we had avenged
you had avenged
they had avenged
Future
I will avenge
you will avenge
he/she/it will avenge
we will avenge
you will avenge
they will avenge
Future Perfect
I will have avenged
you will have avenged
he/she/it will have avenged
we will have avenged
you will have avenged
they will have avenged
Future Continuous
I will be avenging
you will be avenging
he/she/it will be avenging
we will be avenging
you will be avenging
they will be avenging
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been avenging
you have been avenging
he/she/it has been avenging
we have been avenging
you have been avenging
they have been avenging
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been avenging
you will have been avenging
he/she/it will have been avenging
we will have been avenging
you will have been avenging
they will have been avenging
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been avenging
you had been avenging
he/she/it had been avenging
we had been avenging
you had been avenging
they had been avenging
Conditional
I would avenge
you would avenge
he/she/it would avenge
we would avenge
you would avenge
they would avenge
Past Conditional
I would have avenged
you would have avenged
he/she/it would have avenged
we would have avenged
you would have avenged
they would have avenged
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.avenge - take revenge for a perceived wrong; "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"
retaliate, revenge
get back, get even - take revenge or even out a score; "I cannot accept the defeat--I want to get even"
penalise, penalize, punish - impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"
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avenge

verb get revenge for, revenge, repay, retaliate for, take revenge for, hit back for, requite, pay (someone) back for, get even for (informal), even the score for, get your own back for, take vengeance for, take satisfaction for, pay (someone) back in his or her own coin for He spent five years avenging his daughter's death.
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avenge

verb
To exact revenge for or from:
pay back, pay off, redress, repay, requite, vindicate.
Informal: fix.
Archaic: wreak.
Idioms: even the score, get back at, get even with, pay back in kind, settle accounts, take an eye for an eye.
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Translations
يَأخُذ بِثأر
mstítpomstít
hævne
megbosszul
hefna
atkeršytikeršytikeršytojas
atriebt
pomstiť
öcünü almak

avenge

[əˈvendʒ] VT → vengar
to avenge o.s → vengarse (on sb en algn)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

avenge

[əˈvɛndʒ] vt [+ death] → venger
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

avenge

vt → rächen; to avenge oneself on somebody (for something) → sich an jdm (für etw) rächen; an avenging angel → ein Racheengel m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

avenge

[əˈvɛndʒ] vt → vendicare
to avenge o.s. (on sb) → vendicarsi (di qn)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

avenge

(əˈvendʒ) verb
to take revenge for a wrong on behalf of someone else. He avenged his brother / his brother's death.
aˈvenger noun
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"I will put another case to you," continued the count; "that where society, attacked by the death of a person, avenges death by death.
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"That is the truth," answered Don Quixote, "and there is no use in troubling oneself about these matters of enchantment or being angry or vexed at them, for as they are invisible and visionary we shall find no one on whom to avenge ourselves, do what we may; rise, Sancho, if thou canst, and call the alcaide of this fortress, and get him to give me a little oil, wine, salt, and rosemary to make the salutiferous balsam, for indeed I believe I have great need of it now, because I am losing much blood from the wound that phantom gave me."
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"Avenge Monsieur Fouquet!" cried the most excited of his hearers, "death to the royalists!"
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