chasten [ chey -suh n ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈtʃeɪ sən / PHONETIC RESPELLING
verb (used with object)
to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise . to restrain; subdue: Age has chastened his violent temper.
to make chaste in style.
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Origin of chasten 1520–30;
chaste +
-en1 ; replacing
chaste (v.), Middle English
chastien <Old French
chastier <Latin
castigāre; see
castigate
OTHER WORDS FROM chasten chas·ten·er, noun chas·ten·ing·ly, adverb chas·ten·ment, noun un·chas·tened, adjective
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How to use chasten in a sentence They embrace the challenge wide-eyed, they said, chasten ed by past disasters, aware of the risks, but bullish on the benefits.
The rebels though seemed somewhat chasten ed by the result despite more than doubling the anti-Boehner votes from two years ago.
A GOP that lost three in a row might be chasten ed enough to cooperate, at least sometimes.
An Army doctor stepped over with a stethoscope and chasten ed the firing squad when he determined that the heart was still beating.
When she tries to join a conversation between two men at dinner she is chasten ed for her assertiveness.
The whole experience has chasten ed the Florida freshman, who has tacked right on every issue since.
All were there to celebrate the birth of the New Year, and to "play the game," however chasten ed they might feel on the morrow.
Julian read the letter many times; he was touched by its delicate and eloquent sorrow—its fine and chasten ed thoughtfulness.
For the scene between Beaumelle and her maids is substituted another coloquy of similar import but chasten ed tone.
Liosha was in the chasten ed mood in which she would have dived with him to the depths of the English Channel.
Nicuesa's spirit had not been chasten ed by his unparalleled misfortunes.
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British Dictionary definitions for chasten
verb (tr)
to bring to a state of submission; subdue; tame
to discipline or correct by punishment
to moderate; restrain; temper
Derived forms of chasten chastener , noun chasteningly , adverb Word Origin for chasten C16: from Old French chastier, from Latin castigāre; see castigate
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