Bewreak

Alternative forms

• bewreke

Origin

From Middle English bewreken ("to take revenge, avenge"), equivalent to - + wreak. Compare Old English bewrecan ("to drive away, exile, banish"). Compare awreak.

Full definition of bewreak

Verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To avenge; revenge.Gemoted warriours to bewrecke her bedde — Thomas Chatterton, The Rowley Poems, 1778
2. (transitive) To give vent in action to (incensed feelings).