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chasten

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chasten /ˈtʃeɪs(ə)n/

▶verb

1 (of a reproof or misfortune) have a restraining or demoralizing effect on.

2 archaic (especially of God) discipline; punish.

– derivatives
chastener noun.

– origin C16: from an obs. verb chaste, from OFr. chastier, from L. castigare ‘castigate’, from castus ‘chaste’.

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