† chastyv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To correct, chasten; to amend.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > reform, amend, or correct [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person
raisec1175
chastya1240
amenda1275
chastisec1330
reara1382
revokec1384
redressc1390
reclaima1393
reducec1425
reform1477
reclaim?a1505
emendc1542
claim1546
reduct1548
save1857
decriminalize1963
a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 245 Bute wit ase lauerd chasti hire þe betere.
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 957 Þat he and we Shul euer more chastyede be.
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 5869 Fadirs and modirs..Sal yhelde acount..Of sons and doghtirs..Þe whilk þai here chastied noght.
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 160.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 122 He is happy Yat be oyer will him chasty.
a1500 Ratis Raving iii. 417 Chaistee thi childyr quhil þow may.
2. To reprove, rebuke.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)]
threac897
threapc897
begripea1000
threata1000
castea1200
chaste?c1225
takec1275
blame1297
chastya1300
sniba1300
withnima1315
undernima1325
rebukec1330
snuba1340
withtakea1340
reprovec1350
chastisea1375
arate1377
challenge1377
undertake1377
reprehenda1382
repreync1390
runta1398
snapea1400
underfoc1400
to call to account1434
to put downc1440
snebc1440
uptakec1440
correptc1449
reformc1450
reprise?c1450
to tell (a person) his (also her, etc.) own1450
control1451
redarguec1475
berisp1481
to hit (cross) one over (of, on) the thumbs1522
checkc1530
admonish1541
nip1548
twig?1550
impreve1552
lesson1555
to take down1562
to haul (a person) over the coals1565
increpate1570
touch1570
school1573
to gather up1577
task1580
redarguate?1590
expostulate1592
tutor1599
sauce1601
snip1601
sneap1611
to take in tax1635
to sharp up1647
round1653
threapen1671
reprimand1681
to take to task1682
document1690
chapter1693
repulse1746
twink1747
to speak to ——1753
haul1795
to pull up1799
carpet1840
rig1841
to talk to1860
to take (a person) to the woodshed1882
rawhide1895
to tell off1897
to tell (someone) where he or she gets off1900
to get on ——1904
to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908
strafe1915
tick1915
woodshed1935
to slap (a person) down1938
sort1941
bind1942
bottle1946
mat1948
ream1950
zap1961
elder1967
a1300 Cursor Mundi 28097 Qua chastid me, me thoght hethyng, and snybbyd þam þair chastyyng.
c1400 Rom. Rose 6995 I, that other folk chastie, Wole not be taught fro my folie.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 742 Ȝe chasty me, bot ȝhe Aw bettir chastyit for till be.
3. To inflict disciplinary punishment on.
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
c1320 Seuyn Sag. (W.) 1877 He moste chasti hire ginne, For iuel blod was hire withinne.
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. iv. 125 Yif no peyne of Iustice ne chastied [e] hem.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 2612 Chasty hir þou has þe wande.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16229 I rede men chasti him for-þi, And bete him to þe blod.
c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 1665 I ne herde..Old man chasty ȝong wyfe.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) i. 15 He dois chestee them, be the abstractione of that superfluite.
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