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chastise
[
chas-
tahyz
,
chas
-tahyz
]
Origin
chas·tise
/
tʃæsˈtaɪz
,
ˈtʃæs
taɪz
/
Show Spelled
[
chas-
tahyz
,
chas
-tahyz
]
Show IPA
verb (used with object),
-tised,
-tis·ing.
1.
to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
2.
to criticize severely.
3.
Archaic
.
to restrain;
chasten
.
4.
Archaic
.
to refine; purify.
Origin:
1275–1325;
Middle English
chastisen,
equivalent to
chasti
(
en
) to
chasten
+
-s-
< ? +
-en
infinitive suffix
Related forms
chas·tis·a·ble,
adjective
chas·tise·ment
/
ˈtʃæs
tɪz
mənt
,
tʃæsˈtaɪz-
/
Show Spelled
[
chas
-tiz-m
uh
nt
,
chas-
tahyz
-
]
Show IPA
,
noun
chas·tis·er,
noun
non·chas·tise·ment,
noun
self-chas·tise,
verb (used with object),
-tised,
-tis·ing.
EXPAND
self-chas·tise·ment,
noun
un·chas·tis·a·ble,
adjective
un·chas·tised,
adjective
un·chas·tis·ing,
adjective
COLLAPSE
Synonyms
1.
punish, castigate; whip, beat, flog, spank.
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a person who favors the equal division of landed property and the advancement of agricultural groups
a person who promotes disorder or excites revolt against any established rule, law, or custom
the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; moral degeneration or decay; unrestrained or excessive self-indulgence
a commemorative inscription on a tomb about the person buried at that site; a brief poem or other writing in praise of a deceased person
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any violent upheaval, such as of a social or political nature; a sudden and violent physical action producing changes in the earth's surface
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World English Dictionary
chastise
(tʃæsˈtaɪz)
—
vb
1.
to discipline or punish, esp by beating
2.
to scold severely
[C14
chastisen,
irregularly from
chastien
to
chasten
]
chas'tisable
—
adj
chastisement
—
n
chas'tiser
—
n
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
chastise
British spelling of
chastize
(q.v.); for suffix, see
-ize
. Chastised is from c.1440; chastisement and chastising from c.1300.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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