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Sunday, November 24th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Punish
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(1):
(v. t.) To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience.
(2):
(v. t.) To injure, as by beating; to pommel.
(3):
(v. t.) To deal with roughly or harshly; - chiefly used with regard to a contest; as, our troops punished the enemy.
(4):
(v. t.) To inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender; to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish murder or treason with death.
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Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Punish'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/punish.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Punish'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/punish.html. 1828.
