"wreake" meaning in English

See wreake in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: wreakes [present, singular, third-person], wreaking [participle, present], wreaked [participle, past], wreaked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} wreake (third-person singular simple present wreakes, present participle wreaking, simple past and past participle wreaked)
  1. Obsolete spelling of wreak. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: wreak
    Sense id: en-wreake-en-verb-JTBeIBgf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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