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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
.]
[OE.
chastisen
;
chastien
+ ending
-isen
+ modern
-ise
,
-ize
, L.
-izare
, Gr.
-ίζειν
. See
Chasten
.]
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
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)

  1. To punish or scold someone.

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Synonyms

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