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avengeavenge /əˈvɛndʒ/ ●○○ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYavengeOrigin: 1300-1400 venge to avenge (13-20 centuries), from Old French venger; ➔ VENGEANCE VERB TABLEavenge |
Present | I, you, we, they | avenge | | he, she, it | avenges | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | avenged | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have avenged | | he, she, it | has avenged | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had avenged | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will avenge | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have avenged |
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Present | I | am avenging | | he, she, it | is avenging | | you, we, they | are avenging | Past | I, he, she, it | was avenging | | you, we, they | were avenging | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been avenging | | he, she, it | has been avenging | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been avenging | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be avenging | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been avenging |
literary to do something to hurt or punish someone because he or she has hurt or offended you: He wanted to avenge his brother’s death.—avenger noun [countable] |