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posken

posken verb: to make an official ruling or decision.

Verb

posken (third-person singular simple present poskens, present participle poskening, simple past and past participle poskened)

  1. (Judaism) To make an official ruling or decision.
    • In no way are we poskening; rather, we simply hope to give readers a sense of the issues.1991, From Our Sealed Rooms: A Most Unusual War : a Gulf War Retrospective, Feldheim Pub
    • The Rosh Yeshivah listened to both sides, and then poskened in favor of the young man. The woman was not happy, but after all, this was the decision of the Rosh Yeshivah. So she agreed to abide by his decision and the two of them went home.1992 September 8, Michael Allen, “Not a Charm?”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet)

Synonyms of posken

Forms of posken

third-person singular presentposkens
present participleposkening
past participleposkened
pastposkened

Questions about posken

What does posken mean?
Posken means to make an official ruling or decision.
What part of speech is posken?
Posken is a verb.
What is the past tense of posken?
The past tense of posken is poskened.

Words near posken in the dictionary

  1. POSIWID
  2. POSIX
  3. POSIX time
  4. POSIX times
  5. Poskam
  6. posken
  7. poskim
  8. posl
  9. posmet
  10. posmets
  11. posn.

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