Definition of Chastise. Meaning of Chastise. Synonyms of Chastise

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Definition of Chastise

Chastise
Chastise Chas*tise", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chastised; p. pr. & vb. n. Chastising.] [OE. chastisen; chastien + ending -isen + modern -ise, ize, L. izare, G. ?. See Chasten.] 1. 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. How fine my master is! I am afraid He will chastise me. --Shak. I am glad to see the vanity or envy of the canting chemists thus discovered and chastised. --Boyle. 2. To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses. The gay, social sense, by decency chastised. --Thomson. Syn: See Chasten.

Meaning of Chastise from wikipedia

- Operation Chastise, commonly known as the Dambusters Raid, was an attack on German dams carried out on the night of 16/17 May 1943 by 617 Squadron RAF...
- corporal) punishment. One who administers a castigation is a castigator or chastiser. According to an etymology recorded by Thomas Aquinas, castigation specifically...
- Chastise, an attack by the RAF on German dams in World War II No. 617 Squadron RAF, the Royal Air Force squadron who carried out Operation Chastise....
- Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue (French: Justine, ou Les Malheurs de la Vertu) is a 1791 novel by Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, better known...
- l'humanité (English: Truth coming from the well armed with her whip to chastise humanity) is an 1896 painting by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme. Starting...
- stopping short of a full repudiation of slavery throughout the US. And it chastised the president for being so willing to negotiate with the south, with slavery...
- last surviving original member of No. 617 Squadron RAF and of Operation Chastise, the "Dambusters" raid of 1943. George Johnson (known within the family...
- build a camp for the summer so they can keep an eye on the herd. Monica chastises her students for their lack of interest in the world in which they live...
- the graves of the Kozuki Family, Luffy reunites with Kin'emon, as Luffy chastises Law for making it sound like Kin'emon was dead. Kiku then arrives and...
- apostates. He spent less than four months in Constantinople. After receiving chastising letters from Baháʼu'lláh, Ottoman authorities turned against him and put...