bewreak
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Gemoted warriours to bewrecke her bedde"
- "The Londoners seeing that they could get no vantage against the duke, who was without their reach, to bewreak their anger they took his arms, which in most despiteful wise they hanged up in the open places of the city in sign of reproach, as for a traitor; […]"
Etymology
From Middle English bewreken (“to take revenge, avenge”), equivalent to be- + wreak. Compare Old English bewrecan (“to drive away, exile, banish”). Compare awreak.
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Inflected Forms
bewreaks (present, singular)
bewreaking (participle, present)
bewreaked (participle, past)
bewreaked (past)
bewreke (alternative)