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† counterˈvenge, v. Obs. rare. [ad. OF. contrevenger, f. contre- + venger (see avenge).] trans. To revenge, take retaliatory vengeance for.
1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccxlv. 365 [They] toke in great dispyte the takyng of the said messangers..wherfore they thought to counterueng it. Ibid. ccclviii. 581 The erle gaue leue..to the knightes and squiers..to counteruenge them of their domages. |