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Webster 1913 Edition


Vengeable

Venge′a-ble

,
Adj.
Revengeful; deserving revenge.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
Venge′a-bly
,
adv.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Vengeable

VENGEABLE

,
Adj.
venj'able. [from venge.] Revengeful; as vengeable despite. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


vengeable

vengeable

English

Adjective

vengeable (comparative more vengeable, superlative most vengeable)

  1. (obsolete) Vengeful.
  2. (obsolete) Prompted by or characterised by revenge; severe, cruel.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iv:
      I sought / Vpon my selfe that vengeable despight / To punish

Old French

Adjective

vengeable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vengeable)

  1. that justifies or requires vengeance

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