Chastise
[tʃæ'staɪz]
Definition
(verb.) censure severely; 'She chastised him for his insensitive remarks'.
Checked by Brady--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes.
(v. t.) To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Chasten, correct, punish, castigate.[2]. Repress, restrain, moderate, check, sober down.
Editor: Louise
Definition
v.t. to inflict punishment upon for the purpose of correction: to reduce to order or to obedience.—adj. Chastīs′able.—n. Chas′tisement.
Editor: Wilma
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of being chastised, denotes that you have not been prudent in conducting your affairs. To dream that you administer chastisement to another, signifies that you will have an ill-tempered partner either in business or marriage. For parents to dream of chastising their children, indicates they will be loose in their manner of correcting them, but they will succeed in bringing them up honorably.
Editor: Patrick
Examples
- The conscience of the woman was troubled; she began to think that the deaths of her favourites was a judgment from heaven to chastise her partiality. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Spain chastised the Moors five or six years ago, about a disputed piece of property opposite Gibraltar, and captured the city of Tetouan. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- When he was disobedient she cuffed him, it is true, but she was never cruel to him, and was more often caressing him than chastising him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- To the elder shall be assigned the duty of ruling and chastising the younger. Plato. The Republic.
- The Lady Rowena, said the Prior, has punished us all, in chastising the boldness of my friend. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- For example, the mother cat chastises her young for misbehaviour. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Vicky