Talk:revenge

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Is it the meaning of revenge is to punish some one for his injustice

No, it is not. —Stephen 04:45, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Rfv-sense: to take revenge on (someone). I'm paraphrasing the def line, but that is what it seems to mean, with the example sentence: "Sally planned to revenge Jessica for stealing her date" or something. Is this in use? The OED does have a similar sense, but it's marked obsolete with the last citation from 1633. Ƿidsiþ 20:08, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It seems like poor English from a non-native speaker, and it duplicates the sense above (I think) so I think we can delete it as a "cleanup" issue rather than an rfd one. How can you verify something that nobody can understand? Mglovesfun (talk) 22:59, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Deleted. Equinox 18:40, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]


be revenged on phrasal verb[edit]

revenge yourself on somebody | be revenged on somebody 
(literary) to punish or hurt somebody because they have made you suffer
She vowed to be revenged on them all.
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/be-revenged-on?q=revenged+

--Backinstadiums (talk) 16:26, 27 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]