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# chastise

«chastise» in Mova's school dictionary: **to punish them, often by scolding or beating them (old use)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (chastise, chastises, chastised, chastising)

### meaning for a pupil

To chastise someone is to punish them, often by scolding or beating them (old use). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chastise/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a proud or cruel person is punished for bad behaviour

### examples

- God hath chastised thy pride. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chastise/#x1)
- The master grabbed the boy and chastised him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chastise/#x2)
- The fox chastised the greedy wolf for his lies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chastise/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And if ye will not yet for these things hearken unto Me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.806/)
- [then I will walk contrary unto you in fury; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.816/)
- [And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.602/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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