单词 | bewreak |
释义 | † bewreakv. Obsolete. transitive. To avenge; to give vent in action to (incensed feelings). Cf. awreak v. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > spitefulness > feeling of spite > [verb (transitive)] bewreakc1325 wrack1562 society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > inflict (retributive punishment) [verb (transitive)] > for an offence or on an offender wreakc825 awreak1048 wrackc1275 wrakec1275 venge1303 bewreakc1325 avenge1377 hevena1400 sella1400 revengec1425 prosecute1543 pursue1570 wrecka1593 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > execute (vengeance) [verb (transitive)] > avenge (an injury or injured person) wreakc825 awreak1048 righta1275 wrackc1275 wrakec1275 venge1303 bewreakc1325 avenge1377 hevena1400 sella1400 revengec1425 countervenge1523 wrecka1593 redeem1598 vindicate1623 to pay off1749 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > treat maliciously [verb (transitive)] > give vent to bewreakc1325 wrack1635 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > execute (vengeance) [verb (transitive)] > exercise (aggrieved feelings) in vengeance awreakc930 bewreak1523 vindicate1533 c1325 Coer de L. 6283 I wole me off hym so bewreke. 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. xvi Our iuste sorowe Compelleth vs..On Troyan our harmes to bewreke. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxlvii. 368 He thought it shulde be a great crueltie, if he shulde bewreke his displeasur on them. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates 120 (T.) Yet was I, or I parted thence, bewreckt. 1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland ii. xli. 59/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Euen with that weapon,..they will..bewreake their malice. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > as lemmasbewreak Π 1422–61 Songs & Carols 15th C. (1856) 87 Many man..wyste hym wel bewreke, The hadde wel levere myn hed to-breke. < v.c1325 as lemmas |
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