Chastising
[tʃæs'taɪzɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chastise
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Examples
- 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.
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