† vengementn.
Obsolete.
Vengeance.
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society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > [noun]
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun]
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1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 197 I wille of þat feloun tak vengement, Þat so fordos my coroun.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 282 His oghne brother therupon..Tok of that Senne vengement.
1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. ij I telle to the that thy vengement shal engendre to the more greuous aduersytees.
1555 W. Waterman tr. Josephus in tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions sig. Y.vi That thei should take vengemente vpon them, bothe by officer, and without.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. iii. sig. Bb4 Witnesse thereof he shew'd his head there left, And wretched life forlorne for vengement of his theft. View more context for this quotation
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