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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Avenge \A*venge"\, v. i. To take vengeance. --Levit. xix. 18. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Avenge \A*venge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Avenged} (?); p. pr & vb n. {Avenging} (?).] [OF. avengier L. ad + vindicare to lay claim to to avenge, revenge. See {Vengeance}.] 1. To take vengeance for to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer. He will avenge the blood of his servants. --Deut. xxxii 43. Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold. --Milton. He had avenged himself on them by havoc such as England had never before seen. --Macaulay. 2. To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on [Obs.] Thy judgment in avenging thine enemies. --Bp. Hall. Syn: To {Avenge}, {Revenge}. Usage: To avenge is to inflict punishment upon evil doers in behalf of ourselves or others for whom we act as to avenge one's wrongs; to avenge the injuries of the suffering and innocent. It is to inflict pain for the sake of vindication, or retributive justice. To revenge is to inflict pain or injury for the indulgence of resentful and malicious feelings. The former may at times be a duty; the latter is one of the worst exhibitions of human character. I avenge myself upon another, or I avenge another, or I avenge a wrong I revenge only myself, and that upon another. --C. J. Smith. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Avenge \A*venge"\, n. Vengeance; revenge. [Obs.] --Spenser. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: avenge v : take revenge; "avenge for a wrong"; "take vengeance or revenge for a wrong" [syn: {revenge}, {retaliate}]
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