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wreak(dictionary)

wreak(1) (iou)



wreak noun. [ri:k] arch. ME.
[Var. of WRACK noun1, later assim. to WREAK verb. Cf. WRECK noun2.]
Vengeance, revenge (freq. in take wreak). Formerly also, an instance of taking revenge. ME.
S. Batman No creature is more..feruent to take wreak than is the Bee when he is wrath.
Harm, injury; damage. M-L16.
wreakful adjective marked by desire for revenge, vengeful M16.
wreakless adjective (poet., rare) (a) unpunished; (b) unavenged: E17.