Avenge vs Avengeth - What's the difference?
avenge | avengeth |
To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
* Milton
(obsolete) To take vengeance.
*
(archaic) To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
* Bishop Hall
In archaic|lang=en terms the difference between avenge and avengeth
is that avenge is (archaic) to treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on while avengeth is (archaic) third-person singular present simple form of avenge .As verbs the difference between avenge and avengeth
is that avenge is to take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer while avengeth is (archaic) third-person singular present simple form of avenge .As a noun avenge
is a vengeance; a revenge.avenge
English
Verb
- to avenge the murder of his brother
- Avenge , O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones / Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold.
- Thou shalt not avenge , nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
- thy judgment in avenging thine enemies