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chastiseth

chastiseth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chastise.

Meaning of chastise

Verb

chastise (third-person singular simple present chastises, present participle chastising, simple past and past participle chastised)

  1. (transitive) To punish, especially by corporal punishment.
    • And now whereas my father did lade you with a heauy yoke, I wil adde to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whippes, but I will chastise you with scorpions.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 12:11
  2. (transitive) To castigate; to scold or censure.
    • She feels definitely that Lung Shing is her town, and is not hesitant to chastise people who she thinks are not behaving properly—such as, for example, a woman using loud, vulgar language on the street—although in so doing she may only turn the direction of abuse on herself.1975, Cornelius Osgood, The Chinese: A Study of a Hong Kong Community, volume 2, →ISBN, page 485

Origin of chastiseth

From chastise + -eth.

Questions about chastiseth

What is chastiseth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Chastiseth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chastise.

Words near chastiseth in the dictionary

  1. chastisements
  2. chastiser
  3. chastisers
  4. chastises
  5. chastisest
  6. chastiseth
  7. chastising
  8. chastities
  9. chastity
  10. chastity belt
  11. chastity belts

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