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vindicare
Latin · ancient
"to avenge, to claim"
to avenge, to claim, from vim (force) and dicare (to proclaim)
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Stage 2 of 3
vengier
Old French · medieval
"to inflict punishment in return for a wrong"
carried into French for inflicting punishment in return for a wrong
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avenge
English · 1300s
"to inflict harm on someone in return for a wrong they did"
settled as the English word for inflicting harm in return for a wrong done
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