avenge

«avenge» in Mova's school dictionary: To punish someone in return for a wrong they did to you… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (avenges, avenged, avenging)

meaning for a pupil

To punish someone in return for a wrong they did to you or to someone you love. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a hero or child who pays back a wrong done to a family member.

examples

• The brothers swore to avenge their father. tree →
• Even the weakest may find a way to avenge a wrong. tree →
• She wanted to avenge herself on the thief. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
• 'Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites; afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.'
• And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies.
• The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee; but my hand shall not be upon thee.
• Shall I not punish for these things? saith the LORD; Shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «avenge» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.