OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 11101

avenge

/əˈvɛnd͡ʒ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
vengar
To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
Father, today I will avenge your death.
to avenge the murder of his brother