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- verb Common misspelling of
avenged . - verb obsolete Simple past tense and past participle of
revenge .
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Examples
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We must remember that the Ghost had not told him she was innocent of that.] [Footnote 59: I am inclined to think that the note of interrogation put after 'revenged' in a late Quarto is right.] [Footnote 60: III. iii.
Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth 1893
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"The nineteenth century had been revenged upon the seventh," writes Conan Doyle.
The Nile, Then and Now Christian Rocca 2011
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Instead of mounting a dunghill and crowing how well we have revenged ourselves on others, we might want to offer sound and sustainable ideas of individual, economic and social justice to ensure as far as humanly possible that every person everywhere has an equal opportunity to enjoy life, liberty, property and the pursuit of happiness.
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But I was to be revenged for all of us on Kwan Yung-jin, as you shall see, in the days when the Lady Om was kind and power was mine.
Chapter 15 2010
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At any point, any one of the characters could be revenged right out of the Hamptons.
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Cringing and snivelling himself before the blows or angry speech of a man, he revenged himself, in turn, upon creatures weaker than he.
The Mad God 2010
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After his umbrage over the Holker bill and the assault on the bank, Morris had made good on his vow to Charles Pettit, “to be revenged on all your party.”
Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010
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“Mr. Pettit,” Morris bellowed, “By God if you pass that bill, which if you are not all damned rascals you cannot do, I will be revenged on you and all your party!”
Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010
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After his umbrage over the Holker bill and the assault on the bank, Morris had made good on his vow to Charles Pettit, “to be revenged on all your party.”
Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010
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But they will not avoid his great eye, nor his invincible right hand; and we shall be revenged of them presently, in case we still retain any of the courage of our forefathers, and rise up boldly to punish these covenant-breakers.
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