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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wreak \wreak\ r=ek, v. i.
to reck; to care. obs. --shak.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wreak \wreak\ r=ek, v. t. imp. p. p. wreaked r=ekt;
p. pr. vb. n. wreaking. oe. wreken to revenge, punish,
drive out, as. wrecan; akin to ofries. wreka, os. wrekan to
punish, d. wreken to avenge, g. raumchen, 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. e'i`rgein to shut, skr. v.rj
to turn away. cf. urge, wreck, wretch.
1913 webster
1. to revenge; to avenge. archaic
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he should wreake him on his foes. --chaucer.
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another's wrongs to wreak upon thyself. --spenser.
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come wreak his loss, whom bootless ye complain.
--fairfax.
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2. to inflict or execute, especially in vengeance or passion;
to hurl or drive; as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy; to
wreak havoc.
1913 webster
note: the word wrought is sometimes assumed to be the past
tense of wreak, as the phrases
wreak havoc and
wrought havoc are both commonly used. in fact,
wrought havoc is not as common as
wreaked havoc. whether wrought is considered as the past
tense of wreak or of work,
wrought havoc has essentially the same meaning.
etymologically, however, wrought is only the past tense of
work.
pjc
on me let death wreak all his rage. --milton.
1913 webster
now was the time to be avenged on his old enemy, to
wreak a grudge of seventeen years. --macaulay.
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but gather all thy powers,
and wreak them on the verse that thou dost weave.
--bryant.
1913 webster
see also:
wreaked wreaking urge wreck wretch wreak havoc
wrought havoc wreaked havoc
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wreak \wreak\, n. cf. as. wraec exile, persecution, misery.
see wreak, v. t.
revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment. obs.
--shak. spenser.
1913 webster
see also:
wreak
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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" syn: bring, work, play, make for
see also:
bring work play make for
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
28 moby thesaurus words for "wreak":
accomplish, achieve, bring, bring about, bring off, bring to pass,
bring upon, commit, do, do to, effect, effectuate, force,
go and do, impose, inflict, make, pay, perpetrate, produce,
pull off, realize, render, take and do, up and do, visit,
visit upon, wreck
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