Chasten



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. ( 通过惩罚而使坏习惯等) 改正, 磨练
• ［英］ to correct by punishment or suffering
• ［记］ 来自chaste ( 纯洁的) +en -> 使人纯洁
• ［例］ She chastened her friend for being rude.

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (chastened; chastening)

• Etymology: alteration of obsolete English chaste to chasten, from Middle English, from Anglo-French chastier, from Latin castigare, from castus + -igare (from agere to drive) — more at act
• Date: 13th century
• 1. to correct by punishment or suffering ; discipline; also purify
• 2.
  • a. to prune (as a work or style of art) of excess, pretense, or falsity ; refine
  • b. to cause to be more humble or restrained ; subdue
• Synonyms: see punish
• ? chastener noun

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