castigate

English

WOTD – 17 February 2008

Etymology

Early 17th cent., borrowed from Latin castīgātus, past participle of castīgō (“I reprove”), from castus (“pure, chaste”), from Proto-Indo-European *kesa (“cut”)[1][2]. Doublet of chastise, taken through Old French. See also chaste.

Pronunciation

Verb

castigate (third-person singular simple present castigates, present participle castigating, simple past and past participle castigated)

  1. To punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely.
    • 1977, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, Penguin Classics, p. 261:
      The curse of avarice and cupidity / Is all my sermon, for it frees the pelf. / Out come the pence, and specially for myself, / For my exclusive purpose is to win / And not at all to castigate their sin.
  2. To revise or make corrections to a publication.

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Italian

Adjective

castigate

  1. feminine plural of castigato

Verb

castigate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of castigare
  2. second-person plural imperative of castigare
  3. feminine plural of castigato

Latin

Verb

castīgāte

  1. first-person plural present active imperative of castīgō

References

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