WREAK, v.t. [G. The sense is to drive or throw, to dash with violence.] 1. To execute; to inflict; to hurl or drive; as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy.On me let death wreak all his rage.2. To revenge.Come wreak his loss, whom bootless ye complain.Anothers wrongs to wreak upon thyself.[This latter sense is nearly or quite obsolete.]WREAK, for reck. To care, is a mistake. WREAK, n. Revenge; vengeance; furious passion.
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