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chastise

verb
/tʃæˈstaɪz/UK/ˈt͡ʃæstaɪz/US

Etymology

From Middle English chastisen, from Old French chastier, from Latin castīgō. See also the doublets chasten and castigate and cf. also chaste.

  1. derived from castīgō
  2. derived from chastier
  3. inherited from chastisen

Definitions

  1. To punish, especially by corporal punishment.

    • And now whereas my father did lade you with a heauy yoke, I wil adde to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whippes, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
    • An army was sent to chastise an unoffending people; to subdue an imaginary insurrection.
    • Thus only the husband is in a position to chastise her, for his own relatives may not exert any physical force over her.

  2. To castigate

    To castigate; to scold or censure.

    • My urban, academic friends chastise me for romanticizing rural life.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA