castigate
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tɪˌgeɪt verb (used with object), cas·ti·gat·ed, cas·ti·gat·ing.
1.
to criticize or reprimand severely.
2.
to punish in order to correct.
Origin:
1600–10; < Latin castīgātus literally, driven to be faultless (past participle of castigāre to chasten), equivalent to cast(us) pure, chaste + -īg-, combining form of agere to drive, incite + -ātus -ate1
1600–10; < Latin castīgātus literally, driven to be faultless (past participle of castigāre to chasten), equivalent to cast(us) pure, chaste + -īg-, combining form of agere to drive, incite + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
cas·ti·ga·tion, noun
cas·ti·ga·tor, noun
non·cas·ti·gat·ing, adjective
non·cas·ti·ga·tion, noun
self-cas·ti·gat·ing, adjective
self-cas·ti·ga·tion, noun
un·cas·ti·gat·ed, adjective
un·cas·ti·ga·tive, adjective
Synonyms
1. scold, reprove. 2. discipline, chastise, chasten.
1. scold, reprove. 2. discipline, chastise, chasten.
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| —vb | |
| (tr) to rebuke or criticize in a severe manner; chastise | |
| [C17: from Latin castīgāre to correct, punish, from castum pure + agere to compel (to be)] | |
| casti'gation | |
| —n | |
| 'castigator | |
| —n | |
| casti'gatory | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
castigate
1607, from L. castigatus pp. of castigare "to purify, chastise," from castus "pure" (see caste) + agere "to do." Sense of "make someone pure by correcting or reproving him."
"If thou didst put this soure cold habit on To castigate thy pride, 'twere well." [Shakespeare, "Timon" IV.iii (1607)]
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Example sentences
But once they know they are to be rescued they sullenly castigate him.
The authors also take every opportunity to castigate other westerners for their ignorance of the changed continent.
It is, however, difficult to excessively castigate many of those early efforts from our present-day vantage point.
It is amusing how you can castigate the science based skepticism, but insist on the opposite extreme of blind faith.
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