revenge
/ɹəˈvɛnd͡ʒ/ verb C2- To take revenge for (a particular harmful action) or on behalf of (its victim); to avenge. · Arsenal revenged their loss to Manchester United last time with a 5–0 drubbing this time.
- To take one's revenge (on or upon someone). · We've finally revenged ourselves on our enemies.
He/she/it revenges · Past revenged · Past participle revenged · -ing form revenging
Verb forms
- Base form
- revenge
- He/she/it
- revenges
- Past
- revenged
- Past participle
- revenged
- -ing form
- revenging
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All that is told here happened some time before Mowgli was turned out of the Seeonee Wolf Pack, or revenged himself on Shere Khan the tiger.
Darcy so bad as this--though I have never liked him, I had not thought so very ill of him--I had supposed him to be despising his fellow-creatures in general, but did not suspect him of descending to such malicious revenge, such injustice, such inhumanity as this!”
Wickham’s chief object was unquestionably my sister’s fortune, which is thirty thousand pounds; but I cannot help supposing that the hope of revenging himself on me was a strong inducement.
His revenge would have been complete indeed.
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