castigate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: castigate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for castigate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
castigate v censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" Synonym(s): chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct inflict severe punishment on
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Castigate \Cas"ti*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Castigated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Castigating}.] [L. castigatus, p. p. of castigare to correct, punish; castus pure, chaste + agere to move, drive. See {Caste}, and cf. {Chasten}.] 1. To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely. 2. To emend; to correct. [Obs.]