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Castigate   Listen
verb
Castigate  v. t.  (past & past part. castigated; pres. part. castigating)  
1.
To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.
2.
To emend; to correct. (Obs.)





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"Castigate" Quotes from Famous Books



... next child's name, and never to whisper it till the child was safely married. In such wise, Heaven would not be incessantly reminded of the existence of their dear one, and would not go out of its way to castigate them. The ruse succeeded, and Alte was anxiously waiting to change both her names under the Chuppah, and to gratify her life-long curiosity on the subject. Meantime, her mother had been calling her "Alte," or "old 'un," which sounded endearing ...
— Children of the Ghetto • I. Zangwill


Words linked to "Castigate" :   penalize, chew out, bawl out, lecture, berate, correct, rag, trounce, remonstrate, lambast, reprimand, castigation, scold, chasten, lambaste, reproof, jaw, rebuke, chide, chew up, take to task, call on the carpet, dress down, penalise, call down, have words, flame, punish


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