Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to revenge
Participle: revenged
Gerund: revenging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | revenge |
| you | revenge |
| he;she;it | revenges |
| we | revenge |
| you | revenge |
| they | revenge |
Perfect
| I | have revenged |
| you | have revenged |
| he;she;it | has revenged |
| we | have revenged |
| you | have revenged |
| they | have revenged |
Past
| I | revenged |
| you | revenged |
| he;she;it | revenged |
| we | revenged |
| you | revenged |
| they | revenged |
Pluperfect
| I | had revenged |
| you | had revenged |
| he;she;it | had revenged |
| we | had revenged |
| you | had revenged |
| they | had revenged |
Future
| I | will revenge |
| you | will revenge |
| he;she;it | will revenge |
| we | will revenge |
| you | will revenge |
| they | will revenge |
Future Perfect
| I | will have revenged |
| you | will have revenged |
| he;she;it | will have revenged |
| we | will have revenged |
| you | will have revenged |
| they | will have revenged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | revenge |
| you | revenge |
| he;she;it | revenge |
| we | revenge |
| you | revenge |
| they | revenge |
Perfect
| I | have revenged |
| you | have revenged |
| he;she;it | have revenged |
| we | have revenged |
| you | have revenged |
| they | have revenged |
Imperfect
| I | revenged |
| you | revenged |
| he;she;it | revenged |
| we | revenged |
| you | revenged |
| they | revenged |
Pluperfect
| I | had revenged |
| you | had revenged |
| he;she;it | had revenged |
| we | had revenged |
| you | had revenged |
| they | had revenged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would revenge |
| you | would revenge |
| he;she;it | would revenge |
| we | would revenge |
| you | would revenge |
| they | would revenge |
Perfect
| I | would have revenged |
| you | would have revenged |
| he;she;it | would have revenged |
| we | would have revenged |
| you | would have revenged |
| they | would have revenged |
Imperative
| you | revenge |
| we | Let's revenge |
| you | revenge |
Verbs conjugated like 'revenge'
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 'revenge'
revenue,
avenge,
evene,
peenge,
prevene,
recense,
refence,
rehinge,
remerge,
renege,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1375, from O.Fr.
revengier, from
re-, intensive prefix, +
vengier "take revenge," from L.
vindicare "to lay claim to, avenge, punish" (see vindicate).
To avenge is “to get revenge” or “to take vengeance”; it suggests the administration of just punishment for a criminal or immoral act. Revenge seems to stress the idea of retaliation a bit more strongly and implies real hatred as its motivation. ["The Columbia Guide to Standard American English," 1993]
The noun is first recorded 1547.
2. From Middle English revengen, from Old French revengier, revenger.
Sample Sentences
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Arsenal revenged their loss to Manchester United last time with a 5–0 drubbing this time.
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The gods are just, and will revenge our cause. [1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:]
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to revenge the death of our fathers [1814, Lord Berners, The Ancient Chronicles of Sir John Froissart:]
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However, my veneration for that illustrious man was so great, that on the night when he died, I revenged him finely on his two principal enemies. [c. 1840, Leigh Hunt, The Seer; Or, Common-places Refreshed:]
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Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come,
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Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius. [1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:]
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a bird that will revenge upon you all [c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:]
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Count it not hard henceforth, when thou dost hear
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That a just vengeance was by righteous court
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Justly reveng'd. […] [1814, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VII”, in H[enry] F[rancis] Cary, transl., The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, of Dante Alighieri. […], volume III (Paradise), London: […] [J. Barfield] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, page 30, lines 45–47:]