chasten
/ˈt͡ʃeɪ.sən/
chasten verb: to make chaste.
Verb
chasten (third-person singular simple present chastens, present participle chastening, simple past and past participle chastened)
- To make chaste.
- Synonyms:
- purify
- To chastize; to punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement.
- I will be his father, and he shall be my sonne: if hee commit iniquitie, I will chasten him with the rodde of men, and with the stripes of the children of men.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 7:14
- To render humble or restrained.
chasten meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
chasten in Urdu
- گوشمالی کرنا, خرابی دور کرنا, پاک کرنا
chasten in Bengali
- শুদ্ধ করা
chasten in Malayalam
- ശിക്ഷിച്ച് തിരുത്തുക, വിമുക്തനാക്കുക, നന്നാക്കുക, നിയന്ത്രിക്കുക
chasten in Kannada
- ಕಿಳ್ಪಡಿಸು, ಅಡಗಿಸು, ಅಣಗಿಸು, ತಿದ್ದುವುದಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ದಂಡಿಸು, ಶಿಕ್ಷಿಸಿ ಬುದ್ಧಿ ಕಲಿಸು, ಸುಶಿಕ್ಷಿತನನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡು
Synonyms of chasten
- purify
- chastise
- discipline
- amerce
- castigate
- come down on
- correct
- fix someone's wagon
- have someone's guts for garters
- have someone's head
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Forms of chasten
| third-person singular present | chastens |
|---|---|
| present participle | chastening |
| past participle | chastened |
| past | chastened |
Origin of chasten
From Middle English chastien, from Old French chastier (“punish”), from Latin castīgō. Doublet of chastise and castigate and related to chaste.
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Questions about chasten
- What does chasten mean?
- Chasten means to make chaste.
- What is chasten in Urdu?
- Chasten in Urdu is گوشمالی کرنا, خرابی دور کرنا, پاک کرنا. See Chasten meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is chasten?
- Chasten is a verb.
- How do you pronounce chasten?
- Chasten is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃeɪ.sən/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of chasten?
- The past tense of chasten is chastened.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chasten (page history and authors); chasten (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chasten (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chasten (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chasten (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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