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chastened, ppl. a.|ˈtʃeɪs(ə)nd| [f. chasten v.1] 1. Corrected by disciplinary punishment.
1781Fletcher Lett. Wks. 1795 VII. 234 Chastened, spared like you. 2. Refined, purified (in character, feeling, style).
1794Southey Lyric P., To Hymen, Chasten'd Friendship comes. 1837Hallam Hist. Lit. I. i. iii. 181 note, A poem written in the chastened tone of fine taste. 1841D'Israeli Amen. Lit. (1867) 95 The more chastened writings of Roman and Grecian lore. 3. Restrained from excess; subdued; tempered.
1844Stanley Arnold (1858) II. ix. 114 The return, though in a more chastened form. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. §11. 84 The chastened light told us that day was departing. 1862― Mountaineer. vi. 45 A chastened hope was predominant in both our breasts. Hence ˈchastenedly adv. rare.
1873R. Broughton Nancy II. 30, I..prepare to be chastenedly and moderately glad to see them. |