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Webster 1913 Edition
Chastise
Chas-tise′
(chăs-tīz′; chăs′tīz)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Chastised
(chăs-tīzd′)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Chastising
.] 1.
To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes.
How fine my master is! I am afraid
He will
He will
chastise
me. Shakespeare
I am glad to see the vanity or envy of the canting chemists thus discovered and
chastised
. Boyle.
2.
To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.
Syn. – See
Chasten
. Webster 1828 Edition
Chastise
CHASTISE
, v.t.1.
To correct by punishing; to punish; to inflict pain by stripes, or in other manner, for the purpose of punishing an offender and recalling him to his duty.I will chastise you seven times for your sins. Lev. 26.
2.
To reduce to order or obedience; to restrain; to awe; to repress.The gay social sense, By decency chastisd.
3.
To correct; to purify by expunging faults; as, to chastise a poem.Definition 2024
chastise
chastise
English
Alternative forms
- chastize (archaic in British English and rare in American English)
Verb
chastise (third-person singular simple present chastises, present participle chastising, simple past and past participle chastised)
Translations
to punish or scold
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:reprehend