To take vengeance or inflict retributive punishment for, to avenge or revenge (some wrong, harm, or injury).
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释义 | society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > inflict (retributive punishment) [verb (transitive)] > for an offence or on an offender (36) wreakc825 To take vengeance or inflict retributive punishment for, to avenge or revenge (some wrong, harm, or injury). awreak1048 transitive. To punish or take vengeance upon (an offence, misdeed). wrackc1275 transitive. To avenge or revenge (a person, deed, etc.); to punish. Also const. on. wrakec1275 transitive. = wrack, v.1 1. Occasionally reflexive. Also figurative. venge1303 transitive. = avenge, v. 2. bewreakc1325 transitive. To avenge; to give vent in action to (incensed feelings). Cf. awreak, v. avenge1377 To take vengeance, inflict retributive punishment, exact satisfaction, or retaliate, on behalf of (an… transitive. hevena1400 transitive. To avenge. sella1400 transitive. In various figurative uses. To make an offender ‘pay for’, to inflict vengeance for (an injury). Chiefly qualified by dear, dearly, or… revengec1425 transitive. To inflict punishment or exact retribution in retaliation for (an injury, harm, wrong, etc., done to oneself or another). prosecute1543 transitive. To seek revenge for (a wrong, injury, etc.); to avenge. Obsolete. pursue1570 transitive. To avenge, to follow with punishment (an act, crime, fault, etc.). Obsolete. wrecka1593 = wreak, v. 6 7. Subcategories:— on a person (3) — on behalf of a person (6) — of or on an injury (1) — of or on a wrong doer (1) — maintain by retributive punishment (1) — inflict retributive punishment upon (11) |
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