venge

[venj]

venge

[venj]
verb (used with object), venged, veng·ing. Archaic.
to avenge.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English vengen < Old French veng(i)er < Latin vindicāre; see vindicate
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venge (vɛndʒ)
 
vb
(tr) an archaic word for avenge
 
[C13: from Old French venger, from Latin vindicāre; see vindicate]

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