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• vengeance — venge•ance [[t]ˈvɛn dʒəns[/t]] n. 1) infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like in return for an injury or other offense received; revenge 2) an opportunity for or an instance of this 3) the desire for revenge: to be full of… …   From formal English to slang

• vengeance — /ven jeuhns/, n. 1. infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person; violent revenge: But have you the right to vengeance? 2. an act or opportunity of inflicting such trouble: to… …   Universalium

• Avengeance — A*venge ance, n. Vengeance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Revengeance — Re*venge ance, n. Vengeance; revenge. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Vengeance — Venge ance, n. [F. vengeance, fr. venger to avenge, L. vindicare to lay claim to, defend, avenge, fr. vindex a claimant, defender, avenger, the first part of which is of uncertain origin, and the last part akin to dicere to say. See {Diction},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Vengeancely — Venge ance*ly, adv. Extremely; excessively. [Obs.] He loves that vengeancely. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• What a vengeance — Vengeance Venge ance, n. [F. vengeance, fr. venger to avenge, L. vindicare to lay claim to, defend, avenge, fr. vindex a claimant, defender, avenger, the first part of which is of uncertain origin, and the last part akin to dicere to say. See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• What the vengeance — Vengeance Venge ance, n. [F. vengeance, fr. venger to avenge, L. vindicare to lay claim to, defend, avenge, fr. vindex a claimant, defender, avenger, the first part of which is of uncertain origin, and the last part akin to dicere to say. See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• With a vengeance — Vengeance Venge ance, n. [F. vengeance, fr. venger to avenge, L. vindicare to lay claim to, defend, avenge, fr. vindex a claimant, defender, avenger, the first part of which is of uncertain origin, and the last part akin to dicere to say. See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Monnet, Marc — (Marcel Monnet / 1941, France )    He apprenticed as an assistant director (1966 Le Roi de Cœur / Tutti pazzi meno io / USA: King of Hearts, Philippe de Broca, France / Italy; 1967 Women Times Seven / Sept Fois Femme / Sette volte donna, Vittorio …   Encyclopedia of French film directors