venge

[ venj ]

verb (used with object)

, Archaic.

, venged, veng·ing.

1. to avenge.

venge

/ vɛndʒ /

verb

1. tr an archaic word for avenge

Word History and Origins

Origin of venge¹

1250–1300; Middle English vengen < Old French veng ( i ) er < Latin vindicāre; vindicate

Word History and Origins

Origin of venge¹

C13: from Old French venger, from Latin vindicāre; see vindicate

Example Sentences

Kirk produces a lush, fruity new-style cabernet at Venge Vineyards.

From Washington Post

And the father-and-son duo of Nils and Kirk Venge, whose family name is synonymous with Napa Valley cabernet, make wines in different styles.

From Washington Post

With the exclamations they made as they carried out their atrocity — “Allahu Akbar!” and “On a vengé le prophète Mohamed, on a tué Charlie Hebdo!”

From Salon

At one end of the boulevard, propped next to an F1 car, is the £25,000 Specialized S-Works Venge bike ridden by Mark Cavendish in the 2011 Tour de France, which McLaren helped design.

From The Guardian

Ah! shades of Yarrell, Morris, Bewick, Wood, Swoop down from Nephelococcygian eyrie With legions of bird-phantoms, Roc-ghosts and spectral bantams, And venge the Vandal sporting-man's vagary, Wrought on your race in Cornwall's bay of Bude!

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• avenge
• get back at
• vindicate