Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WREAK, v.t. [Sax. wræcan, wræccan; D. wreeken; G. rächen; perhaps allied to break. The sense is to drive or throw, to dash with violence. See Ar. حَرَجَ. Class Rg, No. 32, and No. 48.]

1. To execute; to inflict; to hurl or drive; as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy. On me let death wreak all his rage. – Milton.
2. To revenge. Come wreak his loss, whom bootless ye complain. – Fairfax. Another's wrongs to wreak upon thyself. – Spenser. [This latter sense is nearly or quite obsolete.]