wreak : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: wreak	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for wreak
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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" Synonym(s): bring, work, play, wreak, make for
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wreak \Wreak\, n. [Cf. AS. wr[91]c exile, persecution, misery. See {Wreak}, v. t.] Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment. [Obs.] --Shak. Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wreak \Wreak\, v. i. To reck; to care. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wreak \Wreak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wreaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wreaking}.] [OE. wrek[?][?] to revenge, punish, drive out, AS. wrecan; akin to OFries. wreka, OS. wrekan to punish, D. wreken to avenge, G. r[84]chen, 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. [?] to shut, Skr. [?] to turn away. Cf. {Urge}, {Wreck}, {Wretch}.] 1. To revenge; to avenge. [Archaic] He should wreake him on his foes. --Chaucer. Another's wrongs to wreak upon thyself. --Spenser. Come wreak his loss, whom bootless ye complain. --Fairfax. 2. To execute in vengeance or passion; to inflict; to hurl or drive; as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy. On me let Death wreak all his rage. --Milton. Now was the time to be avenged on his old enemy, to wreak a grudge of seventeen years. --Macaulay. But gather all thy powers, And wreak them on the verse that thou dost weave. --Bryant.