venge
obsolete
venge is a verb meaning “To avenge; to punish; to revenge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-E-N-G-E, and it appears about once in every 24 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does venge mean?
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo avenge; to punish; to revenge.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of venge
- venges present, singular, he/she/it
- venging participle, present
- venged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is venge?
Venge appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does venge come from?
From Middle English vengen, from Old French venger, from Latin vindicare (“to avenge, vindicate”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).