revenge
verb (used with object)
to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of, especially in a resentful or vindictive spirit.
have revenged
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present perfectof revenge.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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And then our situation would have been worse than ever; Mamma would have revenged herself upon us through the little girl.
From Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives by Lawrence L. Lynch
And, as some right-thinking people are of opinion, it was rather an indication of great virtue in Constantius to have quelled the empire without shedding more blood, than to have revenged himself with such cruelty.
From The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens by Charles Duke Yonge
The Frenchmen could very willingly have revenged this affront upon Captain Morgan and those that followed him, had they found themselves with sufficient means to encounter him at sea.
From The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day by Ralph Delahaye Paine
Once more I have Traxalla's chains put on, And by his children am in triumph led: Too well the living have revenged the dead!
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott
Passe-partout would have revenged himself for this insult if he had not reflected that the unlucky Fix was very probably disappointed and humiliated at having followed a false scent all the way round the world.
From Round the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
