Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Castigated"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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}.]
1. To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten;
also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise
severely.

2. To emend; to correct. [Obs.]


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