chasten
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chasten
- /ˈt͡ʃeɪ.sən/ UK, US
Rhymes with -eɪsən
Where it comes from
From Middle English chastien, from Old French chastier (“punish”), from Latin castīgō. Doublet of chastise and castigate and related to chaste.
verb chastens · chastening · chastened
- To make chaste.
- To chastize; to punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement. I will be his father, and he shall be my sonne: if hee commit iniquitie, I will chasten him with the rodde of men, and with the stripes of the children of men.
- To render humble or restrained.
