revenge. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

revenge

SYLLABICATION:	re·venge
PRONUNCIATION:	r-vnj
TRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: re·venged, re·veng·ing, re·veng·es 1. To inflict punishment in return for (injury or insult). 2. To seek or take vengeance for (oneself or another person); avenge.
NOUN:	1. The act of taking vengeance for injuries or wrongs; retaliation. 2. Something done in vengeance; a retaliatory measure. 3. A desire for revenge; spite or vindictiveness. 4. An opportunity to retaliate, as by a return sports match after a defeat.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English revengen, from Old French revengier : re-, re- + vengier, to take revenge (from Latin vindicre, to avenge, from vindex, vindic-, avenger; see deik- in Appendix I).
OTHER FORMS:	re·venger —NOUN


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