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Chastise   /tʃæstˈaɪz/   Listen
verb
Chastise  v. t.  (past & past part. chastised; pres. part. chastising)  
1.
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. "How fine my master is! I am afraid He will chastise me." "I am glad to see the vanity or envy of the canting chemists thus discovered and chastised."
2.
To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses. "The gay, social sense, by decency chastised."
3.
To criticize (a person) strongly and directly in order to correct behavior.
Synonyms: castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct, dress down.
Synonyms: See Chasten.





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"Chastise" Quotes from Famous Books



... Ripley, starting forward, his face aflame, "I don't allow any freshman to talk that way to me. I won't fight you, but I'll chastise you, and you can protect yourself ...
— The High School Freshmen - Dick & Co.'s First Year Pranks and Sports • H. Irving Hancock
... American variety which runs like the telegraphic alphabet: quote— summarize—quote—quote—summarize—quote, and so on up to five dollars' worth, space rates. I have read all the reviews of my books except those which clipping bureaus seeking a subscription or kind friends wishing to chastise vicariously have neglected to send me. As an author I can speak with mingled ...
— Definitions • Henry Seidel Canby
... was in the country for the sole purpose of sitting in judgment on the French people, with all the intolerance and arrogance of the hereditary enemy, swollen by his personal hatred for the nation whom it had devolved on him to chastise. ...
— The Downfall • Emile Zola
... not been quite well for some days past, and poor old Jup annoys me, almost beyond endurance, by his well-meant attentions Would you believe it?—he had prepared a huge stick, the other day, with which to chastise me for giving him the slip, and spending the day, solus, among the hills on the main land. I verily believe that my ill looks ...
— The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 1 (of 5) of the Raven Edition • Edgar Allan Poe
... little parrot," said the princess; "and Abricotina, when she comes, shall chastise ...
— The Fairy Book - The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew • Dinah Maria Mulock (AKA Miss Mulock)


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