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revenged

revenged is the simple past and past participle of revenge.

Meaning of revenge

Verb

revenge (third-person singular simple present revenges, present participle revenging, simple past and past participle revenged)

  1. (transitive) To take revenge for (a particular harmful action) or on behalf of (its victim); to avenge.
    • Arsenal revenged their loss to Manchester United last time with a 5–0 drubbing this time.
  2. (reflexive, transitive) To take one's revenge (on or upon someone).
    • Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come,
      Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius.1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  3. (archaic, intransitive) To take vengeance; to revenge itself.
    • a bird that will revenge upon you allc. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

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Questions about revenged

What is revenged the simple past and past participle of?
Revenged is the simple past and past participle of revenge.

Words near revenged in the dictionary

  1. revenge-quits
  2. revenge-quitting
  3. revengeable
  4. revengeance
  5. revengeances
  6. revenged
  7. revengeful
  8. revengefully
  9. revengefulness
  10. revengeless
  11. revengelessness

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