venge

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The next year she took her re venge in Fort Lauderdale by humiliating King 6-1, 6-0.

From Time Magazine Archive

Novelist Roald Dahl has adapted his short story William and Mary, about the eerie re venge of a browbeaten wife, as the first offering in a new series intended to exploit eccentric stories.

From Time Magazine Archive

For thou hast carried with thee to the grave The only hope that in my heart yet lived, The hope that thou wouldst some day come to venge Thy sire and me.

From Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles by Smith, Goldwin

Or did stern Ares venge his thankless spear Through this night foray that hath cost thee dear!

From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles

He reminds me of the somber words of "Ahasvérus:"   "Vous qui manquez de charité,   Tremblez à mon supplice étrange:   Ce n'est point sa divinité,   C'est l'humanité que Dieu venge!"

From Amiel's Journal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.