Both Uses of
vengeance
in
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
- Out from behind the settle popped the robbers, and set upon him with a vengeance.
p. 88.2 *with a vengeance = with intensity
- Goodwife Gruff had hated her ever since that first day on the Dolphin, and she would never rest now till she had her vengeance.
p. 205.6 *vengeance = revenge
Definitions:
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(1)
(vengeance as in: vengeance is mine) the act of taking revenge
(Revenge means to harm someone to get them back for something harmful that they have done.) -
(2)
(with a vengeance as in: with a vengeance) with intensity