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What (who) is Chasten - definition
chasten
['t?e?s(?)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'.
chasten
(chastens, chastening, chastened)
If you are chastened by something, it makes you regret that you have behaved badly or stupidly. (FORMAL)
He has clearly not been chastened by his thirteen days in detention...
A chastened Agassi flew home for a period of deep contemplation.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed by n, V-ed, also be V-ed into n/-ing
• chastened
The President now seems a more chastened and less confident politician than when he set out a week ago.
ADJ
Chasten
·vt To purify from errors or faults; to Refine.
II. Chasten ·vt To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to Discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod.
Examples of use of Chasten
1. It would also chasten our spending habits, which had been unrealistically buoyed by the unearned wealth swelling in our sitting rooms.
2. IDS, who knows a thing or two about rejection, stepped up and chested his party‘s onetime tendency to chasten such souls.
3. It would be nice to suppose that this experience would chasten the hedge–fund kings and banking geniuses who have created this shambles.
4. Some hardline Hindu groups, part of a growing band of cultural vigilantes opposed to what they see as increasing mimicry of the West, also often try to chasten couples.