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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of avenge.

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  • adjective for which vengeance has been taken

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Examples

  • The meaning is this: If a man smite his servant or his maid with a rod, and he die under his hand, IT (the death) shall surely be avenged, or literally, _by avenging it shall be avenged_; that is, the _death_ of the servant shall be _avenged_ by the

    The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society

  • The meaning is this: If a man smite his servant or his maid with a rod, and he die under his hand, IT (the death) shall surely be avenged, or literally, _by avenging it shall be avenged_; that is, the _death_ of the servant shall be _avenged_ by the

    The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

  • The meaning is this: If a man smite his servant or his maid with a rod, and he die under his hand, IT (the death) shall surely be avenged, or literally, _by avenging it shall be avenged_; that is, the _death_ of the servant shall be _avenged_ by the _death_ of the master.

    The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society

  • The meaning is this: If a man smite his servant or his maid with a rod, and he die under his hand, IT (the death) shall surely be avenged, or literally, _by avenging it shall be avenged_; that is, the _death_ of the servant shall be _avenged_ by the _death_ of the master.

    The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

  • a man smite his servant or his maid with a rod, and he die under his hand, IT (the death) shall surely be avenged, or literally, _by avenging it shall be avenged_; that is, the _death_ of the servant shall be

    The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

  • a man smite his servant or his maid with a rod, and he die under his hand, IT (the death) shall surely be avenged, or literally, _by avenging it shall be avenged_; that is, the _death_ of the servant shall be

    The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society

  • The win avenged a conference-opening 76-62 loss to the Golden

    USATODAY.com 2004

  • The win avenged the Terps '81-72 loss at Wake Forest (17-4, 7-3) on January 15.

    NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball - Wake Forest vs. Maryland 2002

  • The dramatic win avenged the French team's upset loss to Australia in the 1999

    USATODAY.com - France wins ninth Davis Cup title 2001

  • My nephew's sword avenged the wrongs of many generations. '

    The Chaplet of Pearls Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

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