- avenge
[avenge 词源字典]
- avenge: see vindicate
[avenge etymology, avenge origin, 英语词源] - avenge (v.)
- late 14c., from Anglo-French avenger, Old French avengier, from a- "to" (see ad-) + vengier "take revenge" (Modern French venger), from Latin vindicare "to claim, avenge, punish" (see vindicate). Related: Avenged; avenging.