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    Wrath , n. [OE. wrathe, wraþþe, wrethe, wræððe, AS. wrǣððo, fr. wrāð wroth; akin to Icel. reiði wrath. See Wroth, a.]
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    1. Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire.
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      Wrath is a fire, and jealousy a weed.
      Spenser.

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      When the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased.
      Esther ii. 1.

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      Now smoking and frothing
      Its tumult and wrath in.
      Southey.

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    2. The effects of anger or indignation; the just punishment of an offense or a crime. “A revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.”
      Rom. xiii. 4.

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      Syn. -- Anger; fury; rage; ire; vengeance; indignation; resentment; passion. See Anger.

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    Wrath, a. See Wroth. [Obs.]
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    Wrath, v. t. To anger; to enrage; -- also used impersonally. [Obs.] “I will not wrathen him.”
    Chaucer.

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    If him wratheth, be ywar and his way shun.
    Piers Plowman.

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