"outpunish" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: outpunishes [present, singular, third-person], outpunishing [participle, present], outpunished [participle, past], outpunished [past]
Etymology: out- + punish Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|punish}} out- + punish Head templates: {{en-verb}} outpunish (third-person singular simple present outpunishes, present participle outpunishing, simple past and past participle outpunished)
  1. (transitive, rare) To surpass in punishing. Tags: rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-outpunish-en-verb-StrPJaSC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with out-

Inflected forms

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