"chasten" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃeɪ.sən/ [UK, US] Audio: En-us-Chasten.ogg , en-uk-chasten.ogg Forms: chastens [present, singular, third-person], chastening [participle, present], chastened [participle, past], chastened [past]
Rhymes: -eɪsən Etymology: From Middle English chastien, from Old French chastier (“punish”), from Latin castīgō. Doublet of chastise and castigate and related to chaste. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|chastien}} Middle English chastien, {{der|en|fro|chastier||punish}} Old French chastier (“punish”), {{der|en|la|castīgō}} Latin castīgō, {{doublet|en|chastise|castigate}} Doublet of chastise and castigate Head templates: {{en-verb}} chasten (third-person singular simple present chastens, present participle chastening, simple past and past participle chastened)
  1. To make chaste. Synonyms: purify
    Sense id: en-chasten-en-verb-V660tgLv
  2. (archaic) To chastize; to punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement. Tags: archaic Synonyms: discipline Translations (punish — see also punish): наказвам (nakazvam) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-chasten-en-verb-uxP25K3c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 70 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 69 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 76 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 83 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 63 26 Disambiguation of 'punish — see also punish': 5 89 7
  3. To render humble or restrained. Synonyms: restrain, moderate
    Sense id: en-chasten-en-verb-f2KmOeeo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chastener, chastenment, rechasten

Inflected forms

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