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castigative

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cas⋅ti⋅gate

  [kas-ti-geyt]
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–verb (used with object), -gat⋅ed, -gat⋅ing.
1. to criticize or reprimand severely.
2. to punish in order to correct.
Origin:
1600–10; < L castīgātus lit., driven to be faultless (ptp. of castigāre to chasten), equiv. to cast(us) pure, chaste + -īg-, comb. form of agere to drive, incite + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
cas⋅ti⋅ga⋅tion, noun
cas⋅ti⋅ga⋅tive, cas⋅ti⋅ga⋅to⋅ry  [kas-ti-guh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
cas⋅ti⋅ga⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
1. scold, reprove. 2. discipline, chastise, chasten.
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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 prid
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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