castigate
Subdued, chastened, moderatedSubdued, chastened, moderated
» Don't castigate me. I haven't done anything wrong.
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2 senses(obsolete)Subdued, chastened, moderated
(obsolete)Revised and emended
Examples
5 sentencesDon't castigate me. I haven't done anything wrong.
Tom castigated himself.
Stop castigating yourself.
deHör mit der Selbstgeißelung auf. — brauchinet
Edmundo castigated Rima for killing vampires.
Gabriel castigated Rima for doing that.
Origin
First attested in the beginning of the 17ᵗʰ century; borrowed from Latin castīgātus, perfeFirst attested in the beginning of the 17ᵗʰ century; borrowed from Latin castīgātus, perfect passive participle of castīgō (“to reprove”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from castus (“pure, chaste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut”). Doublet of chastise and chasten, taken through Old French. See also chaste.
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Forms
more castigate, most castigate| Comparative | more castigate Lesson |
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| Superlative | most castigate Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.