† beˈwreak, v. Obs.
Forms: 4–6 bewreke, 6 -wreake, -wrecke.
[ME. bewreke, f. be- 2 + wreke, wreak v.]
trans. To avenge; to give vent in action to (incensed feelings). Cf. awreak.
| c 1325 Coer de L. 6283, I wole me off hym so bewreke. 1430 Lydg. Chron. Troy ii. xvi, Our iuste sorowe Compelleth vs..On Troyan our harmes to bewreke. 1523 Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccxlvii. 368 He thought it shulde be a great crueltie, if he shulde bewreke his displeasur on them. 1559 Mirr. Mag. 120 (T.) Yet was I, or I parted thence, bewreckt. 1586 J. Hooker Irel. in Holinshed II. 59/1 Euen with that weapon..they will..bewreake their malice. |