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chastise(dictionary)

chastise (iou)



chastise verb trans. Also chastize. ME.
[App. irreg. from CHASTE verb.]
Correct the faults of; reform. ME-L17.
Reprove, rebuke. Long obsolete exc. dial. ME.
Punish with a view to amendment; inflict (esp. corporal) punishment on; thrash. ME.
b. Inflict punishment for (an offence). rare. L16.
= CHASTEN 3. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
= CHASTEN 2. Now rare or obsolete. E17.
? Orig., & usu. in Shakes., stressed on 1st syll.: cf. CHASTISEMENT.
chastisable adjective that may be, or deserves to be, chastised E17.
chastiser noun LME.