transitive. To instruct in morals or manners; to discipline, train, instruct, chastise.

To chasten, chastise.

To inflict corrective punishment on.

transitive. To chastise or reprimand (a person), esp. with the intention of correcting or altering subsequent behaviour. Also occasionally (and…

To inflict disciplinary punishment on.

To inflict punishment or suffering upon, with a view to amendment; also simply, to punish, to inflict punishment (esp. corporal punishment) on.

transitive. To correct, chastise, punish.

To punish for faults of character or conduct (sometimes spec. in order to amendment); to chastise, chasten.

figurative. To punish, chastise, correct (often said of God, with reference to Hebrews xii. 6); to ‘lash’ with satire or invective; to afflict…

transitive. To subject to discipline, bodily correction, penance, or punishment; esp. as a religious practice.

transitive. To bring into order or submission to lawful authority; to inflict disciplinary punishment on; to correct, chastise, punish. Obsolete.

transitive. To discipline, chasten; to punish. Now rare (Scottish in later use).

transitive. To inflict disciplinary or corrective punishment on; to visit with affliction for the purpose of moral improvement; to correct…

figurative. To vex, afflict, torment; to punish, chastise; to administer severe satire or reproof to, ‘lash’, ‘castigate’.

transitive. gen. To punish, chastise, or reprimand (a person), esp. with the intention of correcting or altering subsequent behaviour; to impose a…

transitive. To punish, chastise; to use force to teach (someone) a lesson. Obsolete.

figurative. To chastise, castigate; to pay out, serve out. Obsolete.

transitive. To subject to penance; to impose or inflict a penance on; (more generally) to discipline, chastise; to punish or torment.

transitive. To teach, train, educate. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To chastise, correct, inflict corrective punishment on; to subdue by punishment or discipline, to chasten; now usually, to punish or…

transitive. Originally and chiefly Nautical slang. To administer (corporal punishment); cf. 11c. Obsolete.