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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Wreak \Wreak\, n. [Cf. AS. wr[ae]c exile, persecution, misery.
See Wreak, v. t.]
Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment. [Obs.]
--Shak. Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Wreak \Wreak\, v. i.
To reck; to care. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Wreak \Wreak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wreaked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wreaking.] [OE. wrek?? to revenge, punish, drive out, AS.
wrecan; akin to OFries. wreka, OS. wrekan to punish, D.
wreken to avenge, G. r["a]chen, OHG. rehhan, Icel. reka to
drive, to take vengeance, Goth. wrikan to persecute, Lith.
vargas distress, vargti to suffer distress, L. urgere to
drive, urge, Gr. ? to shut, Skr. ? to turn away. Cf. Urge,
Wreck, Wretch.]
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1. To revenge; to avenge. [Archaic]
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He should wreake him on his foes. --Chaucer.
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Another's wrongs to wreak upon thyself. --Spenser.
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Come wreak his loss, whom bootless ye complain.
--Fairfax.
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2. To execute in vengeance or passion; to inflict; to hurl or
drive; as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy.
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On me let Death wreak all his rage. --Milton.
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Now was the time to be avenged on his old enemy, to
wreak a grudge of seventeen years. --Macaulay.
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But gather all thy powers,
And wreak them on the verse that thou dost weave.
--Bryant.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Wreak \Wreak\, n. [Cf. AS. wr[ae]c exile, persecution, misery.
See Wreak, v. t.]
Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment. [Obs.]
--Shak. Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Wreak \Wreak\, v. i.
To reck; to care. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Wreak \Wreak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wreaked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wreaking.] [OE. wrek?? to revenge, punish, drive out, AS.
wrecan; akin to OFries. wreka, OS. wrekan to punish, D.
wreken to avenge, G. r["a]chen, OHG. rehhan, Icel. reka to
drive, to take vengeance, Goth. wrikan to persecute, Lith.
vargas distress, vargti to suffer distress, L. urgere to
drive, urge, Gr. ? to shut, Skr. ? to turn away. Cf. Urge,
Wreck, Wretch.]
1. To revenge; to avenge. [Archaic]
He should wreake him on his foes. --Chaucer.
Another's wrongs to wreak upon thyself. --Spenser.
Come wreak his loss, whom bootless ye complain.
--Fairfax.
2. To execute in vengeance or passion; to inflict; to hurl or
drive; as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy.
On me let Death wreak all his rage. --Milton.
Now was the time to be avenged on his old enemy, to
wreak a grudge of seventeen years. --Macaulay.
But gather all thy powers, And wreak them on the
verse that thou dost weave. --Bryant.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
wreak
v : cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work
a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a
joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken
area" [syn: bring, work, play, make for]
From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
wreak
Αγγλικά vb.
επιφέρω-προξενώ-προκαλώ κάτι αρνητικό
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
wreak
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm
or injure; to let out harm.
2 (lb en transitive) To chasten, or chastise/chastize, or castigate,
or punish, or smite.
n.
(lb en archaic literary) revenge; vengeance; furious passion;
resentment.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
wreak
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm
or injure; to let out harm.
2 (lb en transitive) To chasten, or chastise/chastize, or castigate,
or punish, or smite.
n.
(lb en archaic literary) revenge; vengeance; furious passion;
resentment.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
wreak
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm
or injure; to let out harm.
2 (lb en transitive) To chasten, or chastise/chastize, or castigate,
or punish, or smite.
n.
(lb en archaic literary) revenge; vengeance; furious passion;
resentment.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
wreak
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm
or injure; to let out harm.
2 (lb en transitive) To chasten, or chastise/chastize, or castigate,
or punish, or smite.
n.
(lb en archaic literary) revenge; vengeance; furious passion;
resentment.
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
wreak
Engelska vb.
vålla, orsaka, utlösa
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Wreak /ɹˈiːk/
صبّ
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
wreak //ɹik// //ɹiːk//
отмъщавам си
to take vengeance
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
wreak /ɹˈiːk/
způsobit (škodu)
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
wreak /ɹˈiːk/
anrichten [Schaden, Verwüstungen] , verursachen
"wreak damage/havoc on/with sth." - (verheerenden) Schaden an etw. anrichten
"have wreaked a flat" - in einer Wohnung (wie die Vandalen) gehaust haben
see: wreaking, wreaked
Note: damage, havoc
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
wreak /ɹˈiːk/
auslassen [Ärger]
Note: an
"wreak one's anger on sb." - seine Wut an jdm. auslassen
"wreak revenge on sb." - an jdm. Rache nehmen
see: wreaking, wreaked, wreaks, wreaked
Note: on
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
wreak //ɹik// //ɹiːk//
1. aiheuttaa, kohdistaa
to cause or inflict causing injury
2. kurittaa
to take vengeance
From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
wreak /ɹˈiːk/
1. बदला~लेना
"The soldiers wreaked havoc on the enemy ."
From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
wreak /ri:k/
1. [form] wyrządzać
2. [lit] wywierać (sth on sb - coś na kogoś) , odpłacać
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
wreak //ɹik// //ɹiːk//
vålla
to cause or inflict causing injury
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
wreak /ɹˈiːk/
1. yapmak. wreak vengeance hınç çıkarmak, öç almak. wreak damage hasar yapmak.
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/ˈɹik/
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "wreak":
accomplish, achieve, bring, bring about, bring off, bring to pass,
bring upon, commit, do, do to, effect, effectuate, force,
go and do, impose, inflict, make, pay, perpetrate, produce,
pull off, realize, render, take and do, up and do, visit,
visit upon, wreck
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
v. 发,泄,雪;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vt. 发泄(怒火),报仇
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