venge en · VERB
Etymology
From Middle English vengen, from Old French venger, from Latin vindicare (“to avenge, vindicate”).
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| venged | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| venged | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| venges | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| venging | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |