All 4 Uses of
avenge
in
David Copperfield
- The one great outrage of her life, demanding to be constantly avenged, was the passage of a donkey over that immaculate spot.†
Chpt 13-15 *
- Hearts confined by cobwebs would burst at last, and then Love was avenged.†
Chpt 37-39
- 'Without more directly referring to any latent ability that may possibly exist on my part, of wielding the thunderbolt, or directing the devouring and avenging flame in any quarter, I may be permitted to observe, in passing, that my brightest visions are for ever dispelled — that my peace is shattered and my power of enjoyment destroyed — that my heart is no longer in the right place — and that I no more walk erect before my fellow man.†
Chpt 49-51
- I watched him into the heart of Mr. Micawber's letter, and returned the elevation of eyebrows with which he said " 'Wielding the thunderbolt, or directing the devouring and avenging flame!"†
Chpt 49-51
Definition:
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(avenge) take revenge for a perceived wrong