chasten
verb/ˈtʃeɪsn/
/ˈtʃeɪsn/
[often passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they chasten | /ˈtʃeɪsn/ /ˈtʃeɪsn/ |
| he / she / it chastens | /ˈtʃeɪsnz/ /ˈtʃeɪsnz/ |
| past simple chastened | /ˈtʃeɪsnd/ /ˈtʃeɪsnd/ |
| past participle chastened | /ˈtʃeɪsnd/ /ˈtʃeɪsnd/ |
| -ing form chastening | /ˈtʃeɪsnɪŋ/ /ˈtʃeɪsnɪŋ/ |
- chasten somebody to make somebody feel sorry for something they have done
- He felt suitably chastened and apologized.
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from an obsolete verb chaste, from Old French chastier, from Latin castigare ‘castigate’, from castus ‘morally pure, chaste’.Definitions on the go
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