chastise
v.
punish, discipline; criticize harshly
Chastity
chastise
Verb
1. censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
(synonym) castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct
(hypernym) call on the carpet, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
(hyponym) flame
(derivation) correction, chastening, chastisement
Chastise
(v. t.)
To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.
(v. t.)
To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Chastise
To dream of being chastised, denotes that you have not been prudent in conducting your affairs. To dream that you administer chastisement to another, signifies that you will have an ill-tempered partner either in business or marriage. For parents to dream of chastising their children, indicates they will be loose in their manner of correcting them, but they will succeed in bringing them up honorably.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see:
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