Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To chasten; chastise; correct.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To chasten.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb rare Render chaste.
Etymologies
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En- (an intensifying prefix) + chasten (to chastise, subdue, or render chaste).
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