| 1. inflict (wreak havoc); give expression to; carry out, perform. wreakwreak, n. [cf. as. wr?c exile, persecution, misery. see: wreak, v. t.] revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment. [obs.] spenser.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?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.] |