意味(日本語)

復讐、報復、恨み、仕返しをする ◇L.re(＝back もとへ、again ふたたび)＋L.vindicare(＝to claim 主張する)

語源

• vindic-, vindicat- : L.vindicare=to claim, to lay legal claim to（権利を主張する、弁護する）

意味(英語)

• (verb-transitive) To inflict punishment in return for (injury or insult).
• (verb-transitive) To seek or take vengeance for (oneself or another person); avenge.
• (noun) The act of taking vengeance for injuries or wrongs; retaliation.
• (noun) Something done in vengeance; a retaliatory measure.
• (noun) A desire for revenge; spite or vindictiveness.

例文

• -- Let us revenge this with our pikes, ere we become rakes: for the gods know, I speak this in _hunger_ for bread, and not in _thirst_ for _revenge_.