bewreak

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English bewreken (“to take revenge, avenge”), equivalent to be- +‎ wreak. Compare Old English bewrecan (“to drive away, exile, banish”). Compare awreak.

Verb

bewreak (third-person singular simple present bewreaks, present participle bewreaking, simple past and past participle bewreaked)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To avenge; revenge.
    Gemoted warriours to bewrecke her bedde — Thomas Chatterton, The Rowley Poems, 1778
  2. (transitive) To give vent in action to (incensed feelings).
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