Wreak

Definition of Wreak

v. i.	1.	To reck; to care.
v. t.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Wreaked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wreaking.]
	1.	To revenge; to avenge. 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.
n.	1.	Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.

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