Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To correct by punishment or reproof; take to task.
- transitive verb To restrain; subdue.
- transitive verb To rid of excess; refine or purify.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To inflict pain, trouble, or affliction on for the purpose of reclaiming from evil; correct; chastise; punish: formerly of corporal punishment, but now, chiefly with a moral reference, of disciplinary affliction.
- To purify by discipline, as the taste; refine; make chaste: as, to
chasten the imagination, the taste, or one's style. - Synonyms Punish, etc. See
chastise . - noun See
chesten .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline.
- transitive verb To purify from errors or faults; to refine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc.); to restrain, moderate
- verb To make
chaste ; topurify . - verb To
punish orreprimand for the sake ofimprovement ; todiscipline . - verb To render
humble or restrained.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb censure severely
- verb correct by punishment or discipline
- verb restrain
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Examples
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This is a classic example of deliberate capital flight and capital destruction, a tactic used by monopolistic finance capital frequently to "chasten" any government that appears to be intruding into the sacred practices of "free market" capitalism.
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This is a classic example of deliberate capital flight and capital destruction, a tactic used by monopolistic finance capital frequently to "chasten" any government that appears to be intruding into the sacred practices of "free market" capitalism.
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We need to place the blame where it belongs, to chasten our policy elites.
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For all her whining that it's actually her that has been wronged, for all Fox News' post-speech takeaway that the president's speech absolved them from any culpability in the dangerous turn in public political discourse, I can't help but hope that the deaths in Tucson will chasten them, just a little.
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We need to place the blame where it belongs, to chasten our policy elites.
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The decision shouldn't chasten common or garden variety celebs.
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For all her whining that it's actually her that has been wronged, for all Fox News' post-speech takeaway that the president's speech absolved them from any culpability in the dangerous turn in public political discourse, I can't help but hope that the deaths in Tucson will chasten them, just a little.
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There's more but that should be enough to duly chasten those of us treating the Scottish bard with unwarranted southern Californian familiarity.
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For all her whining that it's actually her that has been wronged, for all Fox News' post-speech takeaway that the president's speech absolved them from any culpability in the dangerous turn in public political discourse, I can't help but hope that the deaths in Tucson will chasten them, just a little.
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There's more but that should be enough to duly chasten those of us treating the Scottish bard with unwarranted southern Californian familiarity.
Kristianto2010 commented on the word chasten
No chastening seems to be joyful for the present . . . ; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness. — Hebrews 12:11
April 7, 2011
bilby commented on the word chasten
Belligerent fruit of the Lord of Astray, go to hell!
April 7, 2011