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# chaste

«chaste» in Mova's school dictionary: **pure and faithful, especially in marriage** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (chaste, chaster, chastest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal, old use) Chaste means pure and faithful, especially in marriage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaste/#m1)

2) (old use) Chaste means plain and simple, without decoration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaste/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales, a faithful and pure wife or princess, or a plain style of writing

### examples

- The chaste princess stayed faithful to her husband. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaste/#x1)
- Their marriage was chaste and happy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaste/#x2)
- The tale is told in a chaste, plain style. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaste/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chaste» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaste/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.