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1. (v.t.) chastise
to discipline, esp. by corporal punishment.
2. chastise
to criticize severely.
3. chastise
Archaic. to chasten.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME, appar. alter. of chastien to chasten)
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| Definition of 'chastise' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct
censure severely
"She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
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| Definition of 'chastise' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) chastise
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
2. (verb) chastise
to reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses
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Sense: to punish by beating etc.
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 Afrikaans: tugtig |
 Arabic: يُعاقِبُ بالضَّرْب |
 Bulgarian: бия |
 Brazilian: açoitar |
 Czech: trestat (tělesně) |
 German: züchtigen |
 Danish: straffe; tugte |
 Greek: τιμωρώ με ξύλο |
 Spanish: castigar |
 Estonian: nuhtlema |
 Farsi: تنبیه کردن |
 Finnish: kurittaa |
 French: chãtier |
 Hebrew: לְהָלְקוֹת |
 Hindi: दण्ड देना, ताड़ना करना |
 Croatian: kazniti |
 Hungarian: megfenyít |
 Indonesian: menghukum |
 Icelandic: hirta, hÿða |
 Italian: castigare |
 Japanese: せっかんする |
 Korean: 책망하다 |
 Lithuanian: bausti, lupti |
 Latvian: sodīt (ar miesas sodu) |
 Malay: memukul |
 Dutch: kastijden |
 Norwegian: refse, straffe |
 Polish: chłostać, srodze karać |
 Persian: تنبیه کردن |
 Pashto: وهل (په غمچينه، قمچينه): |
 Portuguese: açoitar |
 Romanian: a pedepsi (aspru) |
 Russian: подвергать (телесному) на |
 Slovak: trestať (bitím) |
 Slovenian: tepsti |
 Serbian: fizički kazniti |
 Swedish: tukta, straffa, aga |
 Thai: ลงโทษ |
 Turkish: döverek cezalandırmak |
 Taiwanese: 體罰 |
 Ukrainian: карати, бити |
 Urdu: زدوکوب کر کے سزادینا |
 Vietnamese: đánh đập trừng trị |
 Chinese: 惩罚 |
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