avenge
verb (used with object)
to take vengeance or exact satisfaction for.
had been avenging
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past perfect progressiveof avenge.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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With the unconscious egotism of the devotee, he felt that heaven had been avenging the impiousness of his sin.
From The Puritans by Bates, Arlo
