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Chasten

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make chaste.
  2. 2
    correct by punishment or discipline wordnet
  3. 3
    To chastize; to punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement. archaic

    "I will be his father, and he shall be my sonne: if hee commit iniquitie, I will chasten him with the rodde of men, and with the stripes of the children of men."

  4. 4
    change by restraining or moderating wordnet
  5. 5
    To render humble or restrained.
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  1. 6
    censure severely wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English chastien, from Old French chastier (“punish”), from Latin castīgō. Doublet of chastise and castigate and related to chaste.

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