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单词 avenge
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avengen.

Etymology: < avenge v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: aˈvenge.
archaic.
Execution of vengeance; retributive punishment, retaliation (either upon an offender, or on account of a wrong).
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society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > [noun]
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun]
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1568 Queen Elizabeth I Instr. to Commissioners in S. Alford Early Elizabethan Polity (1998) App. vi. 240 Fearing his avenge when he shall come to age.
a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 668 That for Gods glory in the avenge of Idolatry..there should be no rain for a time.
1880 Lit. World 31 Dec. 453/1 A Spanish avenge for the death of Mary Queen of Scots.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

avengev.

/əˈvɛndʒ/
Forms: Middle English–1500s auenge, (Middle English awenge), Middle English avenie (= je), Middle English–1500s aduenge, Middle English– avenge.
Etymology: < Old French avengier (3rd singular present avenge ), < à to + vengier < Latin vindicāre to claim as one's own, avenge: see vindicate v. The prefix a- was often in the 15–16th cent. expanded to ad-, after assumed Latin analogies; compare advertise, advance, advowson.Neither in earlier, nor even in modern, usage is the restriction of avenge and its derivatives to the idea of just retribution, as distinguished from the malicious retaliation of revenge, absolutely observed, although it largely prevails.
1. To take vengeance, inflict retributive punishment, exact satisfaction, or retaliate, on behalf of (an injured person, violated right, etc.); to vindicate. Const. on, upon, of (archaic), against (archaic or obsolete), (over obsolete) the offender; of, against the offence (archaic).
a. transitive.
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society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > inflict (retributive punishment) [verb (transitive)] > for an offence or on an offender
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > execute (vengeance) [verb (transitive)] > avenge (an injury or injured person)
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > execute (vengeance) [verb (transitive)] > avenge (a person)
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society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > inflict (retributive punishment) [verb (transitive)] > for an offence or on an offender > on behalf of a person
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1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xx. 382 Now kynde me auenge.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 155 He wolde his felowe a-venge yef he in eny wyse cowde.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xviii. 3 Avenge [ Wyclif, venge] me of myne adversary.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. vi. 72 Remember to auenge me on the French. View more context for this quotation
1673 J. Milton Sonnets xv, in Poems (new ed.) 58 Avenge O Lord thy slaughter'd Saints.
1799 R. B. Sheridan Pizarro ii. iv Go, and avenge your fallen brethren.
1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 74 Thou shalt avenge Thy right.
b. reflexive (on one's own behalf.)
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society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > inflict retributive punishment for oneself [verb (reflexive)]
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > execute revenge [verb (reflexive)]
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c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1029 Auenge þe her-of eft sone.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. xiii. 162 Thus auenged he hym on her.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xvi. 297 Brute Beasts..they aduenge themselues.
1861 W. F. Hook Lives Archbishops I. vii. 377 Edwy had the power to avenge himself upon Dunstan.
figurative.1837 B. Disraeli Venetia I. 89 He..avenged himself at these moments for his habitual silence before third persons.
c. passively. (Chiefly with reflexive sense.)
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > take or execute revenge [verb (intransitive)] > be revenged
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to get one's own back1887
c1375 J. Wyclif Antecrist 126 Crist was suffryng & forȝaue, & þei wolen be awengid.
c1440 Syr Gowghter 448 On the he will avenied be.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 418/2 I shal be aduengyd agenst the.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxix. 84 When wilt thou be auenged of my aduersaries?
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 143 Hee to be aveng'd..Determin'd to advance into our room A Creature form'd of Earth. View more context for this quotation
d. intransitive (reflexive pronoun omitted) To take vengeance.
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society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > inflict retributive punishment [verb (intransitive)]
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to do, have, nim (= take), ta, or take wrake (of, on, or upon)?a900
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > take or execute revenge [verb (intransitive)]
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to do, have, nim (= take), ta, or take wrake (of, on, or upon)?a900
to do (also take) wrack (on one)12..
to do, have, make, nim, seek, and esp. take wrechec1200
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1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. i. D I must ease me of myne enemies, and a venge [1611 auenge me] me vpon them.
1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xix. 18 Thou shalt not auenge [ Coverdale, thyself], nor beare any grudge against the children of thy people. View more context for this quotation
2. transitive. To take vengeance, inflict retributive punishment, or retaliate on account of, or to exact satisfaction for (a wrong or injury, or the feelings of resentment caused by it). Const. as in 1.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > execute (vengeance) [verb (transitive)] > seek vengeance for (an injury)
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > execute (vengeance) [verb (transitive)] > avenge (an injury or injured person) > on a person
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1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 101 For be þis derkenesse ydo his deth worth avenged.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxxxxv. 128 For to auenge his grete yre.
1541 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 289/1 The which God shall aduenge full straitly ouer you.
1611 Bible (King James) Hosea i. 4 I will auenge the blood of Iezreel vpon the house of Iehu. View more context for this quotation
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 112 To avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. View more context for this quotation
1860 W. N. Massey Hist. Eng. III. xxix. 267 Private grudges were avenged.
3. To take vengeance upon. Obsolete.
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society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > inflict (retributive punishment) [verb (transitive)] > for an offence or on an offender > inflict retributive punishment upon
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to serve out1809
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1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 206 Thy mercy in blessing and forgiving thy people, and thy judgement in avenging thine enemies.
1666 E. Reynolds Serm. Westm. 7 Nov. 27 Even in the avenging of conquer'd Enemies Moderation is advantagious.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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