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venge

[ venj ]

verb (used with object)

, Archaic.
, venged, veng·ing.
  1. to avenge.


venge

/ vɛndʒ /

verb

  1. tr an archaic word for avenge


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Word History and Origins

Origin of venge1

1250–1300; Middle English vengen < Old French veng ( i ) er < Latin vindicāre; vindicate

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Word History and Origins

Origin of venge1

C13: from Old French venger, from Latin vindicāre; see vindicate

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Example Sentences

LAngleterre sera venge par une femme de lchec dont Messieurs Foggo sont tombs les victimes.

What though he fly to the mountain tower To escape the venge of the tyrant's power.

For the law indifferently doth punish euery man, that without the Magistrates order taketh authority to venge his own wrong.

Kingis and lordis schulden wite that thei ben mynystris and vikeris of God, to venge synne and ponysche mysdoeris.

When from the sorely wounded / knight his sword was gone, Then had he naught to 'venge him / but his shield alone.

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