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Castigate

//ˈkæs.tɪ.ɡeɪt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Subdued, chastened, moderated obsolete
  2. 2
    Revised and emended obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    To punish or reprimand someone severely. formal, transitive

    "Perhaps disarmed by his own scandalous behaviour with Bathsheba, he was in no position to castigate his son for a similar fault."

  2. 2
    censure severely wordnet
  3. 3
    To execrate or condemn something in a harsh manner, especially by public criticism. formal, transitive

    "God doth indurate, when hee doth not by and by caſtigate a ſynner."

  4. 4
    inflict severe punishment on wordnet
  5. 5
    To revise or make corrections to a publication. rare, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

First attested in the beginnin of the 17ᵗʰ century; borrowed from Latin castīgātus, perfect passive participle of castīgō (“to reprove”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from castus (“pure, chaste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut”). Doublet of chastise and chasten, taken through Old French. See also chaste.

Etymology 2

First attested in the beginnin of the 17ᵗʰ century; borrowed from Latin castīgātus, perfect passive participle of castīgō (“to reprove”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from castus (“pure, chaste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut”). Doublet of chastise and chasten, taken through Old French. See also chaste.

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