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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\, 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 English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
wreaking
n.
The act by which something is wreaked.
vb.
(present participle of en wreak nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
wreaking
n.
The act by which something is wreaked.
vb.
(present participle of en wreak nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
wreaking
n.
The act by which something is wreaked.
vb.
(present participle of en wreak nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
wreaking
n.
The act by which something is wreaked.
vb.
(present participle of en wreak nocat=1)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
wreaking
Engelska a.
(avledning en wreak ordform=prespart)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Wreaking /ɹˈiːkɪŋ/ الصّبّFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
wreaking /ɹˈiːkɪŋ/ anrichtend, verursachend see: wreak, wreakedFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
wreaking /ɹˈiːkɪŋ/ auslassend see: wreak, wreaked, wreaks, wreakedFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/ˈɹikɪŋ/