Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.

    to avenge the murder of his brother

    rächen, ahnden

    мсти́тьmstítʹ, отомсти́тьotomstítʹ

    мсти́тиmstýty, помсти́тиpomstýty, відомща́тиvidomščáty

  2. (reflexive)To revenge oneself (on or upon someone).

    take revenge for a perceived wrong

  3. (intransitive, obsolete)To take vengeance.

  4. (archaic, transitive)To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.

    мсти́тьmstítʹ, отомсти́тьotomstítʹ

Examples

44 sentences
  1. Tom wants to avenge his brother's death.

    ruТом хочет отомстить за смерть своего брата.

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  2. Tom swore to avenge his father's death.

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  3. Tom helped me avenge my father's murder.

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  4. He avenged the murder of his father.

    Він помстився за вбивство батька.

    ruОн отомстил за смерть своего отца.

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  5. He avenged his father's death.

    Він помстився за смерть свого батька.

    ruОн отомстил за смерть своего отца.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to take vengeance for:
Русский
By meaning 1
to take vengeance for:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to take vengeance for:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English avengen, borrowed from Old French avengier, from a- + vengie

Inherited from Middle English avengen, borrowed from Old French avengier, from a- + vengier.

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Forms

avenges, avenging, avenged, avenged
Base formavenge · to avenge
3rd person singularavenges
Present participleavenging
Past simpleavenged
Past participleavenged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyavenge
he, she, itavenges

Past simpleLesson

all personsavenged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave avenged
he, she, ithas avenged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill avenge

Synonyms

11 synonyms
treat revengefully:spiteB2
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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