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PU'NITIVE, a. Awarding or inflicting punishment; that punishes; as punitive law ...
PUNI'TION, n. [L. punitio, from punio.] Punishment. [Little used.]
PUN'ISHMENT, n. Any pain or suffering inflicted on a person for a crime or offen...
PUN'ISHING, ppr. Afflicting with pain, penalty or suffering of any kind, as the ...
PUN'ISHER, n. One that inflicts pain, loss or other evil for a crime or offense.
PUN'ISHED, pp. Afflicted with pain or evil as the retribution of a crime or offe...
PUN'ISHABLENESS, n. The quality of deserving or being liable to punishment.
PUN'ISHABLE, a. Worthy of punishment. 1. Liable to punishment; capable of being ...
PUN'ISH, v.t. [L. punio, from the root of poena,pain. The primary sense is to pr...
PU'NINESS, n. [from puny.] Littleness; pettiness; smallness with feebleness.
PUNI'CEOUS, a. [L. puniceus. See Punic .] Purple.
PU'NICE, n. A wall-louse; a bug. [Not in use.]
PU'NIC, a. [L. punicus, pertaining to Carthage or its inhabitants, from Poeni, t...
PUN'GENT, a. [L. pungens,pungo.] Pricking; stimulating; as pungent snuff. The pu...
PUN'GENCY, n. [L. pungens, pungo, to prick.] 1. The power of pricking or piercin...
PUN'GAR, n. A fish.