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repunish

repunish verb: to punish again, a further time.

Verb

repunish (third-person singular simple present repunishes, present participle repunishing, simple past and past participle repunished)

  1. (rare) To punish again, a further time.

Forms of repunish

third-person singular presentrepunishes
present participlerepunishing
past participlerepunished
pastrepunished

Origin of repunish

From re- + punish.

Questions about repunish

What does repunish mean?
Repunish means to punish again, a further time.
What part of speech is repunish?
Repunish is a verb.
What is the past tense of repunish?
The past tense of repunish is repunished.

Words near repunish in the dictionary

  1. repunctuations
  2. repuncture
  3. repunctured
  4. repunctures
  5. repuncturing
  6. repunish
  7. repunished
  8. repunishes
  9. repunishing
  10. repunishment
  11. repunit

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