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Wreak \Wreak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wreaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Wreaking}.] [OE. wrek?? to revenge, punish, drive out, AS.
   wrecan; akin to OFries. wreka, OS. wrekan to punish, D.
   wreken to avenge, G. r["a]chen, OHG. rehhan, Icel. reka to
   drive, to take vengeance, Goth. wrikan to persecute, Lith.
   vargas distress, vargti to suffer distress, L. urgere to
   drive, urge, Gr. ? to shut, Skr. ? to turn away. Cf. {Urge},
   {Wreck}, {Wretch}.]
   1. To revenge; to avenge. [Archaic]

            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.