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Webster 1913 Edition


Punitory

Pu′ni-to-ry

,
Adj.
Punishing; tending to punishment; punitive.
God . . . may make moral evil, as well as natural, at the same time both prudential and
punitory
.
A. Tucker.

Webster 1828 Edition


Punitory

PU'NITORY

,
Adj.
Punishing or tending to punishment.