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awreak

awreak verb: to avenge, take vengeance on.

Verb

awreak (third-person singular simple present awreaks, present participle awreaking, simple past awroke, past participle awroke or awroken)

  1. (obsolete) To avenge, take vengeance on.
    • SO after the feste and iourneye kynge Arthur drewe hym vnto london / and soo by the counceil of Merlyn the kyng lete calle his barons to coūceil / for Merlyn had told the kynge that the sixe kynges that made warre vpon hym wold in al haste be awroke on hym & on his landys wherfor the kyng asked...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter X, in Le Morte Darthur, book I

Forms of awreak

third-person singular presentawreaks
present participleawreaking
pastawroke
past participleawroke
past participleawroken

Origin of awreak

From Old English awrecan, corresponding to a- + wreak.

Questions about awreak

What does awreak mean?
Awreak means to avenge, take vengeance on.
What part of speech is awreak?
Awreak is a verb.
What is the past tense of awreak?
The past tense of awreak is awroke.

Words near awreak in the dictionary

  1. awrah
  2. awrahs
  3. awrath
  4. awrathed
  5. Awre
  6. awreak
  7. awreck
  8. awreet
  9. awright
  10. awrong
  11. awroth

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