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

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  1. v. t. To take vengeance for; to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
  2. v. t. To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
  3. v. i. To take vengeance.
  4. n. Vengeance; revenge.
  5. v. take revenge for a perceived wrong
  6. To take vengeance. Levit. xix. 18.
  7. v:100 v take revenge for a perceived wrong