English

Verb

castigate ‎(third-person singular simple present castigates, present participle castigating, simple past and past participle castigated)

1. To punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely.
   • 1977, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, Penguin Classics, p. 261:

     The curse of avarice and cupidity / Is all my sermon, for it frees the pelf. / Out come the pence, and specially for myself, / For my exclusive purpose is to win / And not at all to castigate their sin.

2. To revise or make corrections to a publication.

Synonyms

• (to punish severely): chastise, punish, rebuke, reprimand
• (to revise a publication): correct, revise
• See also Wikisaurus:reprehend

Translations

References

1. ↑ Tower of Babel, Indo-European Etymological Database
2. ↑ Wordsmith etymology of castigate

Italian

Adjective

castigate

1. feminine plural of castigato

Verb

castigate

1. second-person plural present indicative of castigare
2. second-person plural imperative of castigare
3. feminine plural of castigato

Latin

Verb

castīgāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of castīgō

References

• castigate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press