单词 | to take vengeance |
释义 | > as lemmasto take (also †nim) vengeance b. In the phrase to take (also †nim) vengeance. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > inflict retributive punishment [verb (intransitive)] wreakc825 to do, have, nim (= take), ta, or take wrake (of, on, or upon)?a900 to do (also take) wrack (on one)12.. to do, have, make, nim, seek, and esp. take wrechec1200 to take (also nim) vengeance1297 to perform, seek, spend, work, and esp. take (…) wreakc1330 visita1382 vengec1400 revengec1485 avenge1535 hevenc1540 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > take or execute revenge [verb (intransitive)] wreakc825 to do, have, nim (= take), ta, or take wrake (of, on, or upon)?a900 to do (also take) wrack (on one)12.. to do, have, make, nim, seek, and esp. take wrechec1200 to take (also nim) vengeance1297 wrakea1300 to perform, seek, spend, work, and esp. take (…) wreakc1330 visita1382 vengec1400 revengec1485 avenge1535 hevenc1540 resent1612 exact1858 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 6859 Þe king..suor he nolde abide, Þat he nolde uerst nyme vengaunce in is side. c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋ 49 Savinge your grace, I can nat seen that it mighte greetly harme me though I toke vengeaunce. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6094 Þair goddes i me on wil wrake, O þam mi wengeance sal i take. c1400 Rom. Rose 5780 God can wel vengeaunce therof take. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xii. 51 In taken of þe vengeaunce þat Godd tuke on þa fyue citeez. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 84 He receyued him with grete worchip, took venjauns on his enmies. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ii. 59 Vengance we sholde take therof. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. xiii. 4 To take vengeaunce on them that do evyll. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. i. 8 Gods, if you Should haue 'tane vengeance on my faults, I neuer Had liu'd to put on this. View more context for this quotation 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Avenger, one who takes Vengeance on an Offender. 1808 W. Scott Marmion ii. xxxi. 109 Full soon such vengeance will he take, That you shall wish the fiery Dane Had rather been your guest again. 1847 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) III. 17 The strong city of Pavia, on which cruel vengeance was taken for the resistance it had made. < as lemmas |
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