Meaning avenge
What does avenge mean? Here you find 4 meanings of the word avenge. You can also add a definition of avenge yourself

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avenge


late 14c., from Anglo-French avenger, Old French avengier, from a- "to" (see ad-) + vengier "take revenge" (Modern French venger), from Latin vindicare "to claim, avenge, puni [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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avenge


To take revenge for somebody else. So to avenge a friend who has been killed would be to kill his killer.
Source: abdn.ac.uk

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avenge


(v) take revenge for a perceived wrong
Source: beedictionary.com

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avenge


A vengeance; a revenge.
Source: en.wiktionary.org





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