arch. [f. prec. vb.] Execution of vengeance; retributive punishment, retaliation (either upon an offender, or on account of a wrong).
1568. Q. Eliz., in H. Campbell, Love Lett. Mary Q. Scots (1824), App. 12. Fearing his avenge when he shall come to age.
a. 1603. T. Cartwright, Confut. Rhem. N. T. (1618), 668. That for Gods glory in the avenge of Idolatry … there should be no rain for a time.
1880. Lit. World, 31 Dec., 453/1. A Spanish avenge for the death of Mary Queen of Scots.
