venge
See also: vengé
English
Etymology
From Middle English vengen, from Old French venger, from Latin vindicare (“to avenge, vindicate”).
Verb
venge (third-person singular simple present venges, present participle venging, simple past and past participle venged)
- (obsolete, transitive) To avenge; to punish; to revenge.
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Derived terms
Further reading
- venge in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- venge in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- venge at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
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