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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Chasten \Chas"ten\ (ch[=a]"s'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chastened (-s'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Chastening.] [OE. chastien, OF. Chastier, F. Ch?tier, fr. L. castigare to punish, chastise; castus pure + agere to lead, drive. See Chaste, Act, and cf. Castigate, Chastise.] 1. To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod. [1913 Webster] For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth. --Heb. xii. 6. [1913 Webster] 2. To purify from errors or faults; to refine. [1913 Webster] They [classics] chasten and enlarge the mind, and excite to noble actions. --Layard. Syn: To chastise; punish; correct; discipline; castigate; afflict; subdue; purify. Usage: To Chasten, Punish, Chastise. To chasten is to subject to affliction or trouble, in order to produce a general change for the better in life or character. To punish is to inflict penalty for violation of law, disobedience to authority, or intentional wrongdoing. To chastise is to punish a particular offense, as with stripes, especially with the hope that suffering or disgrace may prevent a repetition of faults. [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Chasten \Chas"ten\ (ch[=a]"s'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chastened (-s'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Chastening.] [OE. chastien, OF. Chastier, F. Ch?tier, fr. L. castigare to punish, chastise; castus pure + agere to lead, drive. See Chaste, Act, and cf. Castigate, Chastise.] 1. To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth. --Heb. xii. 6. 2. To purify from errors or faults; to refine. They [classics] chasten and enlarge the mind, and excite to noble actions. --Layard. Syn: To chastise; punish; correct; discipline; castigate; afflict; subdue; purify. Usage: To Chasten, Punish, Chastise. To chasten is to subject to affliction or trouble, in order to produce a general change for the better in life or character. To punish is to inflict penalty for violation of law, disobedience to authority, or intentional wrongdoing. To chastise is to punish a particular offense, as with stripes, especially with the hope that suffering or disgrace may prevent a repetition of faults.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
chasten v 1: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" [syn: chastise, castigate, objurgate, correct] 2: restrain or temper [syn: moderate, temper] 3: correct by punishment or discipline [syn: tame, subdue]From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
chasten vb. 1 To make chaste. 2 (lb en archaic) To chastize; to punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement. 3 To render humble or restrained.From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
chasten vb. 1 To make chaste. 2 (lb en archaic) To chastize; to punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement. 3 To render humble or restrained.From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
chasten vb. 1 To make chaste. 2 (lb en archaic) To chastize; to punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement. 3 To render humble or restrained.From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
chasten vb. 1 To make chaste. 2 (lb en archaic) To chastize; to punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement. 3 To render humble or restrained.From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Chasten /tʃˈeɪsən/ عاقبFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
chasten //ˈt͡ʃeɪ.sən//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]наказвам punish
chasten /tʃˈeɪsən/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]trestat
chasten /tʃˈeɪsən/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]kárat
chasten /tʃˈeɪsən/From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]zügeln see: chastening, chastened
chasten /tʃˈeɪsən/ τιμωρώ, φρονηματίζω, κολάζωFrom English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
chasten /tʃˈeɪsən/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. निग्रह~करना "The drug rehabilitation centre chastened the drug-addict."
chasten /tʃˈeɪsən/ kazniti, profiniti, pročistiti, ukoriti, ukrotitiFrom English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 : [ freedict:eng-lat ]
chasten /tʃeisn/ castificareFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
chasten /ˈʧeɪsən/From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]kajać się
chasten /tʃˈeɪsən/ 1. ıslah etmek için cezalandırmak, uslandırmak, yola getirmek 2. dersini vermek.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈtʃeɪsən/
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "chasten": abate, allay, alleviate, assuage, attemper, bank the fire, blunt, bring to account, bring to book, call to account, castigate, chastise, constrain, control, correct, curb, damp, dampen, de-emphasize, deaden, deal with, diminish, discipline, downplay, dull, extenuate, inflict upon, keep within bounds, lay, lenify, lessen, lighten, masthead, mitigate, moderate, modulate, obtund, palliate, penalize, pillory, play down, punish, purify, reduce, reduce the temperature, repress, restrain, settle with, simplify, slacken, slow down, smother, sober, sober down, soften, square accounts, stifle, subdue, suppress, take to task, tame, temper, tone down, tune down, underplay, visit upon, weakenFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
v. 惩戒,抑制;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vt. 惩戒,抑制,磨练