Punish is to impose suffering or penalty, or to treat someone in an harsh manner.
(verb)See punish in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb
Origin: ME punischen < extended stem of OFr punir < L punire, to punish < poena, punishment, penalty: see penal
intransitive verb
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verb pun·ished, pun·ish·ing, pun·ish·es verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English punissen, punishen
Origin: , from Old French punir, puniss-
Origin: , from Latin poenīre, pūnīre
Origin: , from poena, punishment
Origin: , from Greek poinē; see kwei-1 in Indo-European roots
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