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wreak |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wreak \Wreak\, n. [Cf. AS wr[ae]c exile, persecution, misery. See {Wreak}, v. t.] Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment. [Obs.] --Shak. Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wreak \Wreak\, v. i. To reck; to care [Obs.] --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wreak \Wreak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wreaked}; p. pr & vb n. {Wreaking}.] [OE. wrek?? to revenge, punish, drive out AS wrecan akin to OFries wreka, OS wrekan to punish, D. wreken to avenge, G. r["a]chen, OHG. rehhan Icel. reka to drive, to take vengeance, Goth. wrikan to persecute, Lith. vargas distress, vargti to suffer distress, L. urgere to drive, urge, Gr ? to shut, Skr. ? to turn away Cf {Urge}, {Wreck}, {Wretch}.] 1. To revenge; to avenge. [Archaic] He should wreake him on his foes. --Chaucer. Another's wrongs to wreak upon thyself. --Spenser. Come wreak his loss whom bootless ye complain. --Fairfax. 2. To execute in vengeance or passion; to inflict; to hurl or drive; as to wreak vengeance on an enemy. On me let Death wreak all his rage. --Milton. Now was the time to be avenged on his old enemy, to wreak a grudge of seventeen years. --Macaulay. But gather all thy powers, And wreak them on the verse that thou dost weave. --Bryant. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: wreak v : cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area" [syn: {bring}, {work}, {play}, {make for}]
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