Meaning of Wreak | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.
   archaic, literary
2. Punishment; retribution; payback.
   archaic, literary

Equivalents

Examples

“VVhat barbarous mindes for grieuance more than needs, Vnnaturallie ſeeks wreake vpon their Lord, Their true annointed Prince, their lawfull king:”

“Would that before my death I might but see my son The empery in my stead over the people hold And rush upon his foes and take on them his wreak, At push of sword and pike, in fury uncontrolled.”

“However, no thought touch'd Minerva's mind, That any one should escape his wreak design'd.”

“For three causes Duke William entered this land to subdue Harold. One was, for that it was to him given by King Edward his nephew. The second was, to take wreak for the cruel murder of his nephew Alfred, King Edward's brother, and of the Normans, which deed he ascribed chiefly to Harold.”

“Of a surety none murdered the damsel but I; take her wreak on me this moment; for, an thou do not thus, I will require it of thee before Almighty Allah.”

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