He revenged his father's murder.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
II. revenge2 BrE AmE verb [transitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: revengier, from avengier; ⇨ avenge]
formal to punish someone who has done something to harm you or someone else
revenge yourself on somebody
The terrorist group is still looking to revenge itself on its attackers.
The poor murdered girl must be revenged.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
verb
Verb forms:
Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French revencher, from late Latin revindicare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + vindicare ‘claim, avenge’.
Grammar Point:
avenge / revenge
Avenge is a verb; revenge is (usually) a noun.
People avenge something or avenge themselves on somebody: ▪ She vowed to avenge her brother’s death. ◊ ▪ He later avenged himself on his wife’s killers. You take revenge on a person.
In more formal or literary English, revenge can also be a verb. People revenge themselves on somebody or are revenged on them (with the same meaning): ▪ He was later revenged on his wife’s killers. You cannot revenge something: She vowed to revenge her brother’s death.
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
revenge / rɪˈvendʒ / verb [ T ]
to harm someone as a punishment for harm that they have done to you:
to revenge a death/defeat/injustice
The red team revenged them selves on the blue team by winning the semifinal.
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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
revenge
[rɪve̱nʤ]
revenges, revenging, revenged
1) N-UNCOUNT: oft N on/for/against n Revenge involves hurting or punishing someone who has hurt or harmed you.
The attackers were said to be taking revenge on the 14-year-old, claiming he was a school bully...
The killings were said to have been in revenge for the murder of her lover.
2) VERB If you revenge yourself on someone who has hurt you, you hurt them in return. [WRITTEN]
[V pron-refl on n] Birmingham's Sunday Mercury accused her of trying to revenge herself on her former lover...
[V n] She would be killed by the relatives of murdered villagers wanting to revenge the dead.
Syn:
avenge
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
revenge
2revenge verb -veng·es; -venged; -veng·ing
revenge yourself on formal : to do something to hurt (someone who has hurt you) : to take revenge on (someone)
• She vowed to revenge herself on her father's killer.