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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

venge en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English vengen, from Old French venger, from Latin vindicare (“to avenge, vindicate”).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To avenge; to punish; to revenge.
    • To safeguard thine own life / The best way is to venge my Gloucester's death. c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, act 1, scene 2:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
venged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
venged Tense=Past lexicographic
venges Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
venging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

unvenged · venger

Relateds

avenge · vengeance · vengeful · revenge · vengesome