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Wreak Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Wreak? [v] cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Wreak: bring \| make for \| play \| work Related Terms \| Find terms related to Wreak: See Also \| arouse \| arrange \| bring about \| bring off \| bring on \| bring up \| call down \| call forth \| carry off \| conjure \| conjure up \| create \| effect \| effectuate \| evoke \| induce \| invoke \| make \| manage \| negociate \| pull off \| put forward \| raise \| set up \| stage \| stir Wreak In Webster's Dictionary \Wreak\, v. i. To reck; to care. [Obs.] --Shak. \Wreak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wreaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wreaking}.] [OE. wrek?? to revenge, punish, drive out, AS. wrecan; akin to OFries. wreka, OS. wrekan to punish, D. wreken to avenge, G. r["a]chen, OHG. rehhan, Icel. reka to drive, to take vengeance, Goth. wrikan to persecute, Lith. vargas distress, vargti to suffer distress, L. urgere to drive, urge, Gr. ? to shut, Skr. ? to turn away. Cf. {Urge}, {Wreck}, {Wretch}.] 1. To revenge; to avenge. [Archaic] He should wreake him on his foes. --Chaucer. Another's wrongs to wreak upon thyself. --Spenser. Come wreak his loss, whom bootless ye complain. --Fairfax. 2. To execute in vengeance or passion; to inflict; to hurl or drive; as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy. On me let Death wreak all his rage. --Milton. Now was the time to be avenged on his old enemy, to wreak a grudge of seventeen years. --Macaulay. But gather all thy powers, And wreak them on the verse that thou dost weave. --Bryant. \Wreak\, n. [Cf. AS. wr[ae]c exile, persecution, misery. See {Wreak}, v. t.] Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment. [Obs.] --Shak. Spenser.

Wreak Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Wreak?

[v] cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Wreak: bring | make for | play | work

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Wreak In Webster's Dictionary

\Wreak\, v. i.
To reck; to care. [Obs.] --Shak.


\Wreak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wreaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wreaking}.] [OE. wrek?? to revenge, punish, drive out, AS.
wrecan; akin to OFries. wreka, OS. wrekan to punish, D.
wreken to avenge, G. r["a]chen, OHG. rehhan, Icel. reka to
drive, to take vengeance, Goth. wrikan to persecute, Lith.
vargas distress, vargti to suffer distress, L. urgere to
drive, urge, Gr. ? to shut, Skr. ? to turn away. Cf. {Urge},
{Wreck}, {Wretch}.]
1. To revenge; to avenge. [Archaic]

         He should wreake him on his foes.     --Chaucer.

         Another's wrongs to wreak upon thyself. --Spenser.

         Come wreak his loss, whom bootless ye complain.
                                               --Fairfax.

2. To execute in vengeance or passion; to inflict; to hurl or
   drive; as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy.

         On me let Death wreak all his rage.   --Milton.

         Now was the time to be avenged on his old enemy, to
         wreak a grudge of seventeen years.    --Macaulay.

         But gather all thy powers, And wreak them on the
         verse that thou dost weave.           --Bryant.


\Wreak\, n. [Cf. AS. wr[ae]c exile, persecution, misery.
See {Wreak}, v. t.]
Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment. [Obs.]
--Shak. Spenser.

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