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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/
  عاقب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  chasten //ˈt͡ʃeɪ.sən// 
  наказвам
  punish

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  chasten /tʃˈeɪsən/ 
  trestat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  chasten /tʃˈeɪsən/ 
  kárat

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  chasten /tʃˈeɪsən/ 
  zügeln 
   see: chastening, chastened
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  chasten /tʃˈeɪsən/
  
  τιμωρώ, φρονηματίζω, κολάζω

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  chasten /tʃˈeɪsən/ 
  1. निग्रह~करना
        "The drug rehabilitation centre chastened the drug-addict."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  chasten /tʃˈeɪsən/
  kazniti, profiniti, pročistiti, ukoriti, ukrotiti

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  chasten /tʃeisn/
  castificare

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  chasten /ˈʧeɪsən/ 
    kajać się

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  chasten /tʃˈeɪsən/
  1. ıslah etmek için cezalandırmak, uslandırmak, yola getirmek
  2. dersini vermek.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈtʃeɪsən/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  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, weaken
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 惩戒,抑制;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 惩戒,抑制,磨练

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