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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
      1913 webster

            he should wreake him on his foes.     --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            another's wrongs to wreak upon thyself. --spenser.
      1913 webster

            come wreak his loss, whom bootless ye complain.
                                                  --fairfax.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            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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