Definition of "avenge" []

• To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge: avenge a murder. (verb-transitive)
• To take vengeance on behalf of: avenged their wronged parents. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The Lord uses words without anxiety as to the misuse of them by such as do not search after his will in them; and the word avenge may be simply retained from the parable without its special meaning therein; yet it suggests a remark or two."
• "LUI: You know, Chris, the statement you were bringing up in your report, the official using the word "avenge" -- we don't commonly see that in a statement coming from a government agency or from an official."
• "“Only a burning desire to clear my name and avenge my mentor.”"