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telished

telished is the simple past and past participle of telish.

Meaning of telish

Verb

telish (third-person singular simple present telishes, present participle telishing, simple past and past participle telished)

  1. Punish (an innocent person) for the sake of deterrence; subject (a person) to telishment.
    • How is one to limit the risks involved in allowing such systematic deception? How is one to avoid giving anything short of complete discretion to the authorities to telish anyone they like?1955, John Rawls, “Two Concepts of Rules”, in The Philosophical Review, LXIV, № 1, page 12

Questions about telished

What is telished the simple past and past participle of?
Telished is the simple past and past participle of telish.

Words near telished in the dictionary

  1. teliomorph
  2. teliospore
  3. teliospores
  4. teliosporic
  5. telish
  6. telished
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