avenge

Etymology
From, borrowed from , from + , from.

Verb

 * 1)  To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
 * 2)  To revenge oneself (on or upon someone).
 * 3)  To take vengeance.
 * 4)  To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
 * 1)  To revenge oneself (on or upon someone).
 * 2)  To take vengeance.
 * 3)  To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
 * 1)  To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.

Usage notes
The object of "avenge" is generally the act of injury or the injured party, never (in modern usage) the injuring party. The injuring party may be specified with "on," as in "to avenge X on his killer," but this is rather more common with "take/get revenge" and "revenge oneself" than with "avenge."

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:avenge
 * See also Thesaurus:avenge
 * See also Thesaurus:avenge

Translations

 * Arabic: اِنْتَقَمَ
 * Armenian: վրեժ լուծել
 * Aromanian: arãzgan
 * Belarusian: мсціць, по́мсціць, адпо́мсціць
 * Bulgarian:, , отмъстя́
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chechen:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Cornish: diala
 * Czech: mstít,
 * Danish: hævne, hævne
 * Dutch:, wraak nemen
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: svindicâ
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: შურისძიება
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽, 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Higaonon: balus
 * Hindi: बदला लेना, दण्ड देना
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: díoltas a imirt ar, éiric a bhaint amach i/de
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 復讐する,, かたきを討つ, あだを討つ
 * Korean: ,
 * Lao:
 * Latin: vindicō, ulcīscor,, pūniō
 * Macedonian: одмаздува, одмазди
 * Maori: rānaki,, rangaranga, ngaki mate, whakakaitoa, huki, huki toto, hiku toto
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: hevne, hevne
 * Occitan:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: мьстити
 * Ossetian: маст исын
 * Persian:
 * Polish: mścić, zemścić,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: dìol
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: освећивати, осветити
 * Roman: osvećivati,
 * Sicilian: ,
 * Slovak: mstiť, pomstiť
 * Slovene: maščevati
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: интиқом гирифтан, қасос гирифтан
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: мсти́ти, помсти́ти, відомща́ти, відімсти́ти, відомсти́ти, мсти́тися, помща́тися, помсти́тися
 * Venetian: vendegar, vendicar
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Walloon:, , ,
 * Welsh: dial am


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Latin: vindico, ulciscor,, punio
 * Polish: mścić, zemścić,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: dìol

Noun

 * 1)  An act of vengeance; a revenge.