Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to avenge
Participle: avenged
Gerund: avenging
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | avenge |
| you | avenge |
| he;she;it | avenges |
| we | avenge |
| you | avenge |
| they | avenge |
Perfect
| I | have avenged |
| you | have avenged |
| he;she;it | has avenged |
| we | have avenged |
| you | have avenged |
| they | have avenged |
Past
| I | avenged |
| you | avenged |
| he;she;it | avenged |
| we | avenged |
| you | avenged |
| they | avenged |
Pluperfect
| I | had avenged |
| you | had avenged |
| he;she;it | had avenged |
| we | had avenged |
| you | had avenged |
| they | had avenged |
Future
| I | will avenge |
| you | will avenge |
| he;she;it | will avenge |
| we | will avenge |
| you | will avenge |
| they | will avenge |
Future Perfect
| I | will have avenged |
| you | will have avenged |
| he;she;it | will have avenged |
| we | will have avenged |
| you | will have avenged |
| they | will have avenged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | avenge |
| you | avenge |
| he;she;it | avenge |
| we | avenge |
| you | avenge |
| they | avenge |
Perfect
| I | have avenged |
| you | have avenged |
| he;she;it | have avenged |
| we | have avenged |
| you | have avenged |
| they | have avenged |
Imperfect
| I | avenged |
| you | avenged |
| he;she;it | avenged |
| we | avenged |
| you | avenged |
| they | avenged |
Pluperfect
| I | had avenged |
| you | had avenged |
| he;she;it | had avenged |
| we | had avenged |
| you | had avenged |
| they | had avenged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would avenge |
| you | would avenge |
| he;she;it | would avenge |
| we | would avenge |
| you | would avenge |
| they | would avenge |
Perfect
| I | would have avenged |
| you | would have avenged |
| he;she;it | would have avenged |
| we | would have avenged |
| you | would have avenged |
| they | would have avenged |
Imperative
| you | avenge |
| we | Let's avenge |
| you | avenge |
Verbs conjugated like 'avenge'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'avenge'
venge,
abegge,
advene,
alegge,
amenage,
atene,
aventre,
average,
averse,
evene,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to take vengeance
- even the score, get back at, get one's own back, retaliate, settle the score, take revenge
- revenge
- retaliate, redress, requite, vindicate
Antonyms
- revenge
- forgiveness, pardon, reprieve, excuse
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1377, from O.Fr. avengier, from a- "to" + vengier "take revenge," from L. vindicare "to claim, avenge, punish" (see vindicate).
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
4. Proto-Italic *ad
5. Proto-Italic *ad-
6. Latin ad-
7. Old French a-
8. Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-der.
9. Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s
10. Proto-Italic *wīs
11. Latin vim
12. Latin dīcere
13. Proto-Indo-European *-s
14. Latin -s
15. Latin vindex
16. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
17. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
18. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
19. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
20. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
21. Proto-Italic *-ājō
22. Proto-Italic *-āō
23. Latin -ō
24. Latin vindicāre
25. Old French vengier
26. Old French avengierbor.
27. Middle English avengen
28. English avenge
29. Inherited from Middle English avengen, borrowed from Old French avengier, from a- + vengier.
Sample Sentences
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Stung to madness and despair by the crushing agonies of a life, Cassy had often resolved in her soul an hour of retribution, when her hand should avenge on her oppressor all the injustice and cruelty to which she had been witness, or which _she_ had in her own person suffered.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Legree fled frantically into the parlor, whither, in a few moments, he was followed by Cassy, pale, calm, cold as an avenging spirit, and with that same fearful light in her eye.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)