intransitive. To take vengeance; to inflict punishment. Also const. on. Obsolete.
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释义 | the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > take or execute revenge [verb (intransitive)] (24) wreakc825 intransitive. To take vengeance; to inflict punishment. Also const. on. Obsolete. to do, have, nim (= take), ta, or take wrake (of, on, or upon)?a900 In the phrase to do, have, nim (= take), ta,or take wrake (of, on, or upon) (a person or thing, or with indirect object). to do (also take) wrack (on one)12.. In the phrase to do (also take) wrack (on one) to do, have, make, nim, seek, and esp. take wrechec1200 In the phrase to do, have, make, nim, seek,and esp. take wreche. (Cf. wreak, n. 1b.) to take (also nim) vengeance1297 In the phrase to take (also †nim) vengeance. wrakea1300 intransitive. To execute vengeance (on a person). to perform, seek, spend, work, and esp. take (…) wreakc1330 In the phrase to perform, seek, spend, work,and esp. take (…) wreak. visita1382 absol. To take vengeance or inflict punishment. †Also const. on or over. vengec1400 intransitive. = avenge, v. 1d. Obsolete. revengec1485 intransitive. To take vengeance (against or upon a person, etc.). rare after 17th cent. avenge1535 To take vengeance, inflict retributive punishment, exact satisfaction, or retaliate, on behalf of (an… intransitive (reflexive pronoun omitted) To… hevenc1540 intransitive. To take vengeance. resent1612 transitive. To take revenge for (something which has caused resentment), to avenge. Obsolete. exact1858 loosely. To inflict (vengeance). Const. against, from. Subcategories:— be revenged (5) — retaliate (5) |
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