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third-person singular simple present chastens, present participle chastening, simple past and past participle chastened
To make chaste. examples
(archaic) To chastize; to punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement. quotations
I will be his father, and he shall be my sonne: if hee commit iniquitie, I will chasten him with the rodde of men, and with the stripes of the children of men.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 2 Samuel 7:14
To render humble or restrained. examples