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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Punish \Pun"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Punished; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Punishing.] [OE. punischen, F. punir, from L. punire,
     punitum, akin to poena punishment, penalty. See Pain, and
     -ish.]
     1. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A greater power
              Now ruled him, punished in the shape he sinned.
                                                    --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To injure, as by beating; to pommel. [Low]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To deal with roughly or harshly; -- chiefly used with
        regard to a contest; as, our troops punished the enemy.
        [Colloq. or Slang]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     Syn: To chastise; castigate; scourge; whip; lash; correct;
          discipline. See Chasten.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Punish \Pun"ish\, v. t.
     To deal with roughly or harshly; -- chiefly used with regard
     to a contest; as, our troops punished the enemy. [Colloq. or
     Slang]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Punish \Pun"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Punished; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Punishing.] [OE. punischen, F. punir, from L. punire,
     punitum, akin to poena punishment, penalty. See Pain, and
     -ish.]
     1. 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.
  
              A greater power Now ruled him, punished in the shape
              he sinned.                            --Milton.
  
     2. 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.
  
     3. To injure, as by beating; to pommel. [Low]
  
     Syn: To chastise; castigate; scourge; whip; lash; correct;
          discipline. See Chasten.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  punish
       v : impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students
           were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to
           punish the dog for soiling the floor again" [syn: penalize,
            penalise]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  punish
     Αγγλικά n.
     τιμωρώ, επιβάλλω ποινή

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  punish
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to
  administer disciplinary action.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  punish
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to
  administer disciplinary action.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  punish
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to
  administer disciplinary action.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  punish
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to
  administer disciplinary action.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  punish
     Englanti vb.
     rangaista

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  punish
     Engelska vb.
     1 straffa, bestraffa; tukta
     2 pressa
     3 knäcka, göra slut på

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Punish /pˈʌnɪʃ/
  عاقب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  punish //ˈpʌnɪʃ// 
  нака́жа, нака́звам
  to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  punish /pˈʌnɪʃ/
  trestat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  punish /pˈʌnɪʃ/ 
  potrestat (punish sb for sth, koho za co)
  

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  punish /pˈʌnɪʃ/ 
  cosbi 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  punish /pˈʌnɪʃ/ 
  bestrafen, strafen, abstrafen, ahnden 
           Note: für
        "he/she punishes"  - er/sie bestraft, er/sie straft, er/sie straft ab, er/sie ahndet
        "I/he/she punished"  - ich/er/sie bestraft, ich/er/sie strafte, ich/er/sie strafte ab, ich/er/sie ahndete
        "he/she has/had punished"  - er/sie hat/hatte bestraft, er/sie hat/hatte gestraft, er/sie hat/hatte abgestraft, er/sie hat/hatte geahndet
   see: punishing, punished
  
           Note: for

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  punish /pˈʌnɪʃ/
  
  τιμωρώ

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  punish //ˈpʌnɪʃ// 
  1. rangaista
  to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct
  2. kurittaa, rangaista
  to treat harshly and unfairly

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  punish /pʌniʃ/
  punir

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  punish /pˈʌnɪʃ/ 
  1. दण्ड देना
        "We should punish the children whenever necessary."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  punish /pˈʌnɪʃ/
  iscrpljivati, kazniti, udariti namet

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  punish //ˈpʌnɪʃ// 
  menghukum
  to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  punish /pˈʌnɪʃ/
  castigare, punire

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  punish //ˈpʌnɪʃ// 
  罰する, 懲罰
  to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  punish /pʌniʃ/
  plectere, punire

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  punish /pʌnıʃ/
  1. (nu)bausti
  2. šiurkščiai elgtis, sudaužyti, sumušti
  3. išvarginti, iškamuoti
  4. kaltinti save (for)
  5. (šnek.) sutaršyti, sušveisti (valgį), ištuštinti (butelį)

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  punish /pʌniʃ/
  1. kastijden, tuchtigen
  2. straffen, bestraffen
  3. afstraffen

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  punish //ˈpʌnɪʃ// 
  1. skade
  2. straffe
  to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  punish /ˈpʌnɪʃ/ 
    karać (sb for sth - kogoś za coś)

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  punish /pʌniʃ/
  castigar, punir

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  punish /pʌniʃ/
  castigar

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  punish //ˈpʌnɪʃ// 
  straffa, bestraffa
  to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  punish /pˈʌnɪʃ/
  1. ceza vermek, cezalandırmak
  2. yola getirmek
  3. azarlamak, tekdir etmek
  4. ıstırap çektirmek, eziyet vermek
  5. şiddetle dövmek, hırpalamak (boksta) punishable  cezalandırılır
  6. cezaya layık. punishment  ceza, tekdir
  7. (k. dili) zorluk, cefa, eziyet.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈpənɪʃ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  101 Moby Thesaurus words for "punish":
     abuse, admonish, agonize, amerce, avenge, banish, batter, be quits,
     beat, beat up, birch, bloody, bring to account, bring to book,
     call to account, cane, cashier, castigate, chasten, chastise, claw,
     convulse, correct, criticize, crucify, damage, deal with,
     discipline, draw and quarter, dress down, electrocute,
     even the score, excommunicate, excruciate, execute, exile, fine,
     fix, flog, get even with, handicap, hang, harm, harrow, hurt,
     impale, imprison, incarcerate, inflict upon, injure,
     kill by inches, knock about, knock around, lacerate, lambaste,
     lancinate, lash, lock up, macerate, make quits, maltreat,
     manhandle, martyr, martyrize, masthead, maul, mulct, paddle,
     penalize, pillory, polish off, put away, put down, rack, rebuke,
     reprove, revenge, rip, rough up, savage, scarify, scold, scourge,
     send down, send up, settle the score, settle with, shift, spank,
     square accounts, swill, take revenge, take to task,
     tar and feather, thrash, torment, torture, trounce, visit upon,
     whip, wring
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 处罚,惩罚,严厉对待;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 处罚,惩罚,严厉对待,折磨
     vi. 惩罚

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