Avenged
[ə'vendʒd]
Definition
(adj.) for which vengeance has been taken; 'an avenged injury' .
Edited by Gillian--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Avenge
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Examples
- Hearts confined by cobwebs would burst at last, and then Love was avenged. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- So the grievances of Ali were avenged at last, and the Omayyad line passed out of history. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Yorke, ere he turned, knew the four convicts of Birmingham were avenged. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The one great outrage of her life, demanding to be constantly avenged, was the passage of a donkey over that immaculate spot. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Kala was avenged. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I could read in them a set purpose to devote his life to this quest until the client whom he had failed to save should at last be avenged. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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