avengeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /əˈvɛnd͡ʒ/
• 韻: -ɛndʒ

動詞

avenge (third-person singular simple present avenges, present participle avenging, simple past and past participle avenged)

1. (transitive) To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.

   to avenge the murder of his brother

   • 1673, John Milton, “[Sonnet] XV. On the late Massacher in Piemont.”, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions, London: […] Tho[mas] Dring […], →OCLC, page 58:

     Avenge O Lord thy ſlaughter'd Saints, whoſe bones / Lie ſcatter'd on the Alpine mountains cold,

   • 1984, 2:01:42 from the start, in Dune‎ (Science Fiction), spoken by Paul Atreides, →OCLC:

     Father, today I will avenge your death.

2. (reflexive) To revenge oneself (on or upon someone).
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To take vengeance.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 19:18:

     Thou shalt not auenge nor beare any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt loue thy neighbor as thy selfe: I am the Lord.

4. (transitive, archaic) To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
   • 1609, Bishop Hall, Some few of David's Psalmes Metaphrased:

     thy judgment in avenging thine enemies

使用する際の注意点

The object of "avenge" is generally the act of injury or the injured party, never (in modern usage) the injuring party. The injuring party may be specified with "on," as in "to avenge X on his killer," but this is rather more common with "take/get revenge" and "revenge oneself" than with "avenge."

同意語

• (take vengeance): bewreak, get back at, retaliate, take revenge
• (treat revengefully): spite
• See also Thesaurus:avenge

派生語

名詞

avenge (plural avenges)

1. (archaic) An act of vengeance; a revenge.

アナグラム

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