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Vinony

castigate

verb

  1. to chastise, inflict corrective punishment, blame
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Pronunciation: /ˈkæs.tɪ.ɡeɪt/ / /ˈkæs.tə.ɡeɪt/

adj

Etymology: First attested in the beginning of the 17ᵗʰ century; borrowed from Latin castīgātus, perfect passive participle of castīgō (“to reprove”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from castus (“pure, chaste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut”). Doublet of chastise and chasten, taken through Old French. See also chaste.

  1. Subdued, chastened, moderated
  2. Revised and emended

verb

Etymology: First attested in the beginning of the 17ᵗʰ century; borrowed from Latin castīgātus, perfect passive participle of castīgō (“to reprove”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from castus (“pure, chaste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut”). Doublet of chastise and chasten, taken through Old French. See also chaste.

  1. To punish or reprimand someone severely.

    “Perhaps disarmed by his own scandalous behaviour with Bathsheba, he was in no position to castigate his son for a similar fault.”

  2. To execrate or condemn something in a harsh manner, especially by public criticism.

    “God doth indurate, when hee doth not by and by caſtigate a ſynner.”

    “The curse of avarice and cupidity / Is all my sermon, for it frees the pelf. / Out come the pence, and specially for myself, / For my exclusive purpose is to win / And not at all to castigate their sin.”

  3. To revise or make corrections to a publication.