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chasten
[
chey
-s
uh
n
]
Example Sentences
Origin
chas·ten
/
ˈtʃeɪ
sən
/
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[
chey
-s
uh
n
]
Show IPA
verb (used with object)
1.
to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement;
chastise
.
2.
to restrain; subdue:
Age has chastened his violent temper.
3.
to make chaste in style.
Origin:
1520–30;
chaste
+
-en
1
;
replacing
chaste
(v.),
Middle English
chastien
<
Old French
chastier
<
Latin
castigāre;
see
castigate
Related forms
chas·ten·er,
noun
chas·ten·ing·ly,
adverb
chas·ten·ment,
noun
un·chas·tened,
adjective
Synonyms
1.
discipline, punish.
2.
humble.
3.
purify, simplify.
Antonyms
1.
indulge.
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to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
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We need to place the blame where it belongs, to
chasten
our policy elites.
Conscience and remembrance of them should
chasten
those of us who have lived on and reined in idealism.
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chasten
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We need to place the blame where it belongs, to
chasten
our policy elites.
Conscience and remembrance of them should
chasten
those of us who have lived on and reined in idealism.
Waterfalls
chasten
and refresh, providing an extraordinary combination of moral instruction and physical pleasure.
One sip of any of these scofflaw guzzlers is enough to
chasten
the purists.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
chasten
(ˈtʃeɪs
ə
n)
—
vb
1.
to bring to a state of submission; subdue; tame
2.
to discipline or correct by punishment
3.
to moderate; restrain; temper
[C16: from Old French
chastier,
from Latin
castigāre;
see
castigate
]
'chastener
—
n
'chasteningly
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
chasten
1526, from obsolete chaste (v.), c.1200, from O.Fr. chastier (see
chastize
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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