† castigateadj.

Etymology: < Latin castīgātus, past participle of castīgāre : see castigate v. and -ate suffix².

Obsolete.

Subdued, chastened, moderated; revised and emended.

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > become or made less violent or severe

temperate1398

alleviate1531

mitigated1546

mollified1581

swageda1603

well-tempered1602

castigate1642

tempered1654

slackened1725

castigated1728

temperated1737

subsided1753

moderated1773

chastised1790

softened1794

mildeneda1802

modulateda1806

relaxed1825

chastened1844

society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > version of text > [adjective] > revised version

revised1606

retractate1623

castigate1839

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. M6 ^v Being supprest or very much castigate and kept under.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 673 Seeming more Cautious and Castigate.

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. iv. 324 The later editions..are castigate.

Derivatives

† castigately adv. Obsolete

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [adverb]

methelyeOE

methefully?c1225

measurelyc1350

temprelyc1386

moderatelya1398

attemperately1525

temperately1525

modestlyc1550

castigately1707

soberly1849

chastenedly1873

1707 J. Humfrey De Justif. Baxteriana Coronis 8 They have spoken many times..not castigately as they ought.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

castigatev.

/ˈkastɪɡeɪt/

Etymology: < Latin castīgāt- participial stem of castīgāre to chastise, correct, reprove ( < castus pure, chaste) + -ate suffix³. See chastise v.

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

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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 mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > severely

dressc1405

wipe1523

to take up1530

whip1530

to shake upa1556

trounce1607

castigatea1616

lasha1616

objurgate1616

thunderstrike1638

snub1672

drape1683

cut1737

rowa1798

score1812

to dress down1823

to pitch into ——1823

wig1829

to row (a person) up1838

to catch or get Jesse1839

slate1840

drop1853

to drop (down) to or on (to)1859

to give (a person) rats1862

to jump upon1868

to give (a person) fits1871

to give it to someone (pretty) stiff1880

lambaste1886

ruck1899

bollock1901

bawl1903

scrub1911

burn1914

to hang, draw, and quarter1930

to tear a strip off1940

to tear (someone) off a strip1940

brass1943

rocket1948

bitch1952

tee1955

fan-

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 241 If thou did'st put this sowre cold habit on To castigate thy pride, 'twere well.

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xxiii. 227 He..that cannot castigate his passions.

1865 J. B. Mozley 8 Lect. Miracles vii. 291 It has only..castigated and educated the belief, and not destroyed it.

1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. vii. 170 Daily we castigate the political idol with a hundred pens.

1878 S. Cox Salv. Mundi (ed. 3) vi. 142 Discipline by which they should be castigated for their sins.

2. To correct, revise, and emend (a literary work).

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > practise textual criticism [verb (transitive)] > emend

amend?c1225

correctc1374

reformc1425

emaculate1623

mend1631–2

castigate1666

rectify1730

emend1769

doctor?c1775

redress1796

emendate1876

1666 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 190 Seneca's tragedies..have..been castigated abroad by several learned hands.

a1742 R. Bentley Lett. 237 He had adjusted and castigated the then Latin Vulgate to the best Greek exemplars.

†3. transferred. To chasten or subdue (in intensity).

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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

1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix (1713) 174 Morning is..a parcel of that full Day which was first created, and is castigated and mitigated by its conjunction with the dark Matter into a moderate Matutine Splendour.

1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis xiv. 162 Being so castigated, they are duly attemper'd to the more easie body of air again.

1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 112 If the narcotick Sulphur was castigated.