Crossword clues for castigate
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Castigate \Cas"ti*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Castigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Castigating.] [L. castigatus, p. p. of castigare to correct, punish; castus pure, chaste + agere to move, drive. See Caste, and cf. Chasten.]
To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.
To emend; to correct. [Obs.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, from Latin castigatus, past participle of castigare "to correct, set right; purify; chastise, punish," from castus "pure" (see caste) + agere "to do" (see act (n.)). The notion behind the word is "make someone pure by correcting or reproving him."If thou didst put this soure cold habit on To castigate thy pride, 'twere well. [Shakespeare, "Timon" IV.iii (1607)]\nRelated: Castigated; castigating; castigator; castigatory.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 To punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely. 2 To revise or make corrections to a publication.
WordNet
Usage examples of "castigate".
Foma Fomich into a more general type and finds other literary instances of the same sort of spiritual humbuggery that he wishes to castigate.
In the best histrionic village style, Sourmelina unleashed soaring arias in which she lamented the death of her husband and castigated him for dying.
Have I not castigated barbers, and brought barbercraft to degradation, so that no youth is taught to exercise it?
I was talking about the debunkers, the special pleaders, the politico-archaeologists, who could twist any evidence to fill the needs of their own beliefs, the ones who had castigated me and my books.
For a few beats his gaze swept the four searchers arrayed before him, visually castigating all of them with equal severity.
My purpose here is not to castigate a scientist for succumbing to very human passions, but to reiterate that new imperative: the unprecedented powers that science now makes available must be accompanied by unprecedented levels of ethical focus and concern by the scientific community, as well as the most broadly based public education into the importance of science and democracy.
Although he was a grown man, Margaret Kincaid had the ability to castigate him until he felt like a five- year-old instead of a thirty-year-old.
Although none of the criminal allegations were proven by the investigating committee, the Michigan Democratic Party still did not trust Leebove and castigated Comstock for appointing him.
Sometimes scientists are castigated for doing evil, and sometimes for warning about the evil uses to which science may be put.
Pearl Jam appeared in concert in Memphis, a city where one radio DJ routinely mocked West Memphis Three supporters and where TV reporters received castigating calls from viewers if they aired news of the growing movement.
Although he was a grown man, Margaret Kincaid had the ability to castigate him until he felt like a five year-old instead of a thirty-year-old.
He wondered, painfully, if he had lost the momentum he had built up over the previous two days, and castigated himself.
Believe me, I am quite capable of castigating myself without any help from you.
Satire, as I explained, achieves its purpose of castigating the evils of humanity and society by exaggeration.
No more arguing and citing examples and quoting the famous dead and castigating the infamous living.