avenge

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.

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[Middle English avengen, from Old French avengier : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + vengier, to vindicate (from Latin vindicāre, to claim; see vindicate).]

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a·veng′er n.

a·veng′ing·ly adv.

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

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.

avenge

Past participle: avenged
Gerund: avenging

Imperative

avenge

avenge

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

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"

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.

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.

Translations

يَأخُذ بِثأر

mstítpomstít

hævne

rächensich rächenahnden

εκδικούμαι

venger

megbosszul

hefna

vendicare

atkeršytikeršytikeršytojas

atriebt

hevne

vingar

pomstiť

öcünü almak

替...报仇

avenge

[əˈvendʒ] VT → vengar
to avenge o.s → vengarse (on sb en algn)

avenge

[əˈvɛndʒ] vt [+ death] → venger

avenge

vt → rächen; to avenge oneself on somebody (for something) → sich an jdm (für etw) rächen; an avenging angel → ein Racheengel m

avenge

[əˈvɛndʒ] vt → vendicare
to avenge o.s. (on sb) → vendicarsi (di qn)

avenge

(əˈvendʒ) verb

to take revenge for a wrong on behalf of someone else. He avenged his brother / his brother's death. wreek يَأخُذ بِثأر отмъщавам vingar (po)mstít (se) rächen hævne εκδικούμαιvengar kätte maksma انتقام کسی را گرفتن kostaa venger לִנְקוֹם बदला लेना osvetiti megbosszul menuntut bela, membalas dendam hefna vendicare 仕返しをする 복수를 하다 (at)keršyti (už) atriebt menuntut bela wrekenhevnepomścić د یو چاء انتقام یا بدله اخیستل vingar a răzbuna мстить pomstiť maščevati osvetiti (se) hämnas แก้แค้น öcünü almak 替...報仇 мстити(ся) بدلہ لینا ،انتقام لینا báo thù 替...报仇

aˈvenger noun

wraak المُنتَقِم، الآخِذ بِالثأر отмъстител vingador mstitel der/die Rächer(in) hævner εκδικητής, τιμωρος vengador kättemaksja انتقام گیر kostaja vengeur, geresse נוֹקֶם प्रतिशोधी osvetiti se megtorló penuntut bela, penuntut balas hefnandi, hefndarmaður vendicatore 復しゅう者 복수자 keršytojas atriebējs penuntut bela wreker hevner mściciel انتقام اخیستونکی vingador răzbunător мститель pomstiteľ, -ka maščevalec osvetnik hämnare ผู้ล้างแค้น intikam alan 復仇者 месник مدلہ لینے والا ، منتقم người báo thù 复仇者