chastise

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chas·tise / chasˈtīz/ • v. [tr.] rebuke or reprimand severely: he chastised his colleagues for their laziness. ∎ dated punish, esp. by beating.DERIVATIVES: chas·tise·ment / chasˈtīzmənt; ˈchastəz-/ n.chas·tis·er / ˈchasˌtīzər/ n.

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chastise

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chastise †correct the faults of; inflict punishment on. XIV. of doubtful orig.; prob. (like CHASTEN) a new formation on †chaste vb., or its var. †chasty (both XIII), after vbs. in -iser or -iss- (-ir); see -IZE, -ISH 2.
Hence chastisement XIV.

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