chasten
verb (used with object)
to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise.
will chasten
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future tenseof chasten.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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She will chasten the exuberant ardour of the Provençal warrior.
From French and Oriental Love in a Harem by Paul Avril
I will be his Father, and he shall be my Son—if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men.
From The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old by George Bethune English
Her husband is of her class, and her life with him will chasten her.
From The Seeker by Harry Leon Wilson
The very nature of things, and the constitution of society as he comes to examine it in its concrete manifestations, will chasten his illusions.
From The Young Man and the World by Albert Jeremiah Beveridge
If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men … but My mercy shall not depart from him.'
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Alexander Maclaren
