v. Obs. rare. [ad. OF. contrevenger, f. contre- + venger (see AVENGE).] trans. To revenge, take retaliatory vengeance for.
1523. Ld. Berners, Froiss., I. ccxlv. 365. [They] toke in great dispyte the takyng of the said messangers … wherfore they thought to counterueng it. Ibid., ccclviii. 581. The erle gaue leue … to the knightes and squiers … to counteruenge them of their domages.
