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ChasteChaste Chaste (ch[=a]st), a. [F. chaste, from L. castus pure,
chaste; cf. Gr. kaqaro`s pure, Skr. [,c]udth to purify.]
1. Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous;
continent. ``As chaste as Diana.' --Shak.
Whose bed is undefiled and chaste pronounced.
--Milton.
2. Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and
obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a
chaste mind; chaste eyes.
3. Pure in design and expression; correct; free from
barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste
style in composition or art.
That great model of chaste, lofty, and eloquence,
the Book of Common Prayer. --Macaulay.
4. Unmarried. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Syn: Undefiled; pure; virtuous; continent; immaculate;
spotless.
Chaste tree. Same as Agnus castus. Chaste treeChaste Chaste (ch[=a]st), a. [F. chaste, from L. castus pure,
chaste; cf. Gr. kaqaro`s pure, Skr. [,c]udth to purify.]
1. Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous;
continent. ``As chaste as Diana.' --Shak.
Whose bed is undefiled and chaste pronounced.
--Milton.
2. Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and
obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a
chaste mind; chaste eyes.
3. Pure in design and expression; correct; free from
barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste
style in composition or art.
That great model of chaste, lofty, and eloquence,
the Book of Common Prayer. --Macaulay.
4. Unmarried. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Syn: Undefiled; pure; virtuous; continent; immaculate;
spotless.
Chaste tree. Same as Agnus castus. Chastely
Chastely Chaste"ly, adv.
In a chaste manner; with purity.
Chastened
Chastened Chas"tened, a.
Corrected; disciplined; refined; purified; toned down. --Sir.
W. Scott.
Of such a finished chastened purity. --Tennyson.
Chastener
Chastener Chas"ten*er, n.
One who chastens.
Chasteness
Chasteness Chaste"ness, n.
1. Chastity; purity.
2. (Literature & Art) Freedom from all that is meretricious,
gaudy, or affected; as, chasteness of design.
Enchasten
Enchasten En*chas"ten, v. t.
To chasten. [Obs.]
Gnathastegite
Gnathastegite Gna*thas"te*gite, n. [Gr. ? the jaw + ? a roof.]
(Zo["o]l.)
One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outer
maxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other mouth
organs.
HastenHasten Has"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hastened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Hastening.]
To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to
precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to
hurry.
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. --Ps.
lv. 8. Hasten
Hasten Has"ten, v. i.
To move celerity; to be rapid in motion; to act speedily or
quickly; to go quickly.
I hastened to the spot whence the noise came. --D? Foe.
HastenedHasten Has"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hastened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Hastening.]
To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to
precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to
hurry.
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. --Ps.
lv. 8. Hastener
Hastener Has"ten*er, n.
1. One who hastens.
2. That which hastens; especially, a stand or reflector used
for confining the heat of the fire to meat while roasting
before it.
HasteningHasten Has"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hastened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Hastening.]
To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to
precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to
hurry.
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. --Ps.
lv. 8. Overhaste
Overhaste O"ver*haste`, n.
Too great haste.
Philosophaster
Philosophaster Phi*los"o*phas`ter, n. [L., a bad philosopher,
fr. philosophus: cf. OF. philosophastre.]
A pretender to philosophy. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
Posthaste
Posthaste Post`haste", n.
Haste or speed in traveling, like that of a post or courier.
--Shak.
Posthaste
Posthaste Post`haste, adv.
With speed or expedition; as, he traveled posthaste; to send
posthaste. --Shak.
ShasterShaster Shas"ter, Shastra Shas"tra, n. [Skr. c[=a]stra an
order or command, a sacred book, fr. c[=a]s to order,
instruct, govern. Cf. Sastra.]
A treatise for authoritative instruction among the Hindoos; a
book of institutes; especially, a treatise explaining the
Vedas. [Written also sastra.]
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classical adage and
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