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单词 chasten
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chastenv.1

/ˈtʃeɪs(ə)n/
Etymology: < chaste v. + -en suffix2: taking the place of the earlier chaste v.
1. transitive. To inflict disciplinary or corrective punishment on; to visit with affliction for the purpose of moral improvement; to correct, discipline, chastise. (Usually of Divine chastisement.)
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > punishment > [verb (transitive)] > inflict disciplinary or corrective punishment
thewc1175
castea1200
chaste?c1225
amendc1300
chastyc1320
chastise1362
corrigec1374
correct1377
scourgec1384
disple1492
orderc1515
nurturec1520
chasten1526
whip1530
discipline1557
school1559
swinge1560
penance1580
disciple1596
castigatea1616
to serve out1829
the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > activities of God > [verb (transitive)] > punish
smitelOE
punisha1325
scourgec1384
chasten1526
strike1577
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Heb. xii. 6 Whom the Lorde loveth, him he chasteneth.
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iv. 96 He shall by this meanes chasten the vnruly and disobedient.
1611 Bible (King James) Psalms cxviii. 18 The Lord hath chastened me sore. View more context for this quotation
1611 Bible (King James) Dan. x. 12 Thou diddest set thine heart..to chasten thy selfe before thy God.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 87 The love Wherewith we love the Heaven that chastens us.
2. To punish, chastise (generally). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > make humble [verb (transitive)]
edmodienc1175
lowc1175
meekc1175
lessa1382
abatec1390
abasea1393
belowc1400
meekenc1400
disadvance?c1425
simplec1450
lowlyc1485
humilea1492
chasten1526
to pare the nails ofa1549
lessen1579
vail1582
to take (something) a hole lower1591
destate1615
humblea1616
thorough-humblea1617
humiliate1656
level1712
unnichea1751
to level up, down1791
unpedestal1821
to take the starch out of1830
society > authority > punishment > [verb (transitive)]
threac897
tighta1000
beswinkc1175
punisha1325
chastise1362
paina1375
justifya1393
wage1412
reformc1450
chasten1526
thwart over thumba1529
chastifyc1540
amerce?1577
follow1579
to rap (a person) on the knuckles (also fingers)1584
finea1616
mulcta1620
fita1625
vindicate1632
trounce1657
reward1714
tawse1790
sort1815
to let (a person) have it1823
visit1836
to catch or get Jesse1839
to give, get goss1840
to have ita1848
to take (a person) to the woodshed1882
to give (one) snuff1890
soak1892
give1906
to weigh off1925
to tear down1938
zap1961
slap1968
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xxiii. f. cxvv I will therfore chasten hym and lett hym loosse.
c1534 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 160 He overcamme him and chastened him with crewell death.
1600 R. Hakluyt tr. A. de Mendoza Let. in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 365 That your Maiestie would cause them to be chastened, which were the causes of their vexation.
3. To render chaste or pure in character or style; to purify, refine. (Cf. chaste adj. 8.)
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > remove impurities from [verb (transitive)]
mereeOE
spurge1303
fine1340
sendre1340
purea1350
purgec1350
purifya1398
depurea1400
clarifyc1430
expurge1483
defecatec1487
subtiliate1551
refine?1572
neatify1581
distil1599
sublimate1601
sweeten1601
depurate1620
infresh1635
lustre1645
lustrate1653
freshen1710
chasten1715
epurate1799
enchastena1806
dispollute1862
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > make plain or describe in plain terms [verb (transitive)] > purify style
chasten1856
1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost I. iv. x. 190 The Ancients..were wont to strain their Snow..to chasten their Wine.
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 235 A good writer..makes haste to chasten and nerve his period by English monosyllables.
4. figurative. To restrain from excess or intensity; to moderate, temper, subdue. (Cf. chaste adj. 7.)
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)]
temperc1000
keelc1175
slakea1300
abate?c1335
settle1338
swagea1340
modifyc1385
rebatea1398
bate1398
moder1414
releasea1425
remiss?a1425
moderate1435
alethe?1440
delaya1450
appal1470
addulce1477
mollify1496
mean?a1513
relent1535
qualify1536
temperatea1540
aplake1578
slack1589
relaxate1598
milden1603
mitigate1611
relax1612
alleniate1615
allay1628
alloy1634
castigate1653
smoothen1655
tendera1656
mitify1656
meeken1662
remitigate1671
obviscate1684
slacken1685
chastise1704
dulcify1744
absorb1791
demulceate1817
chasten1856
modulate1974
mediate1987
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > make moderate (behaviour) [verb (transitive)] > a person
chasten1856
steady1913
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xx. 246 I am not as sanguine as I was—time and experience have chastened me.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 110 The feuds of the families had been chastened, if they had not been subdued.
1884 R. Browning Ferishtah's Fancies (1885) 318 Reflected possibilities of pain, Forsooth, just chasten pleasure!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

chastenv.2

Obsolete.
for chasen to chase v.1
ΘΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away
feezec890
adriveeOE
aflemeeOE
off-driveeOE
flemeOE
withdrivec1000
adreveOE
to drive outOE
biwevea1300
chasec1300
void13..
catcha1325
firk1340
enchasec1380
huntc1385
to catch awayc1390
forcatch1393
to put offa1398
to cast awaya1400
to put outc1400
repel?a1439
exterminate1541
chasten1548
propulse1548
keir1562
hie1563
depulse1570
band1580
bandy1591
flit1595
ferret1601
profugate1603
extermine1634
1548 G. Wishart in Wodr. Soc. Misc. (1844) 17 To resyst the deuyll..and by all meanes to chasten him away.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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