"bewreak" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: bewreaks [present, singular, third-person], bewreaking [participle, present], bewreaked [participle, past], bewreaked [past]
Etymology: From Middle English bewreken (“to take revenge, avenge”), equivalent to be- + wreak. Compare Old English bewrecan (“to drive away, exile, banish”). Compare awreak. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bewreken||to take revenge, avenge}} Middle English bewreken (“to take revenge, avenge”), {{prefix|en|be|wreak}} be- + wreak, {{cog|ang|bewrecan||to drive away, exile, banish}} Old English bewrecan (“to drive away, exile, banish”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} bewreak (third-person singular simple present bewreaks, present participle bewreaking, simple past and past participle bewreaked)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To avenge; revenge. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-bewreak-en-verb-AZpHTDJB Categories (other): English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 59 41
  2. (transitive) To give vent in action to (incensed feelings). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bewreak-en-verb-P0HWoTMV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bewreke
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