Chastise
(Chas*tise") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chastised (- tizd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Chastising.] [OE. chastisen;
chastien + ending -isen + modern -ise, -ize, L. - izare, Gr. -i`zein. See Chasten.]
1. 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.
How fine my master is! I am afraid
He will chastise me.
Shak.
I am glad to see the vanity or envy of the canting chemists thus discovered and chastised.
Boyle.
2. To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.
The gay, social sense, by decency chastised.
Thomson.
Syn. — See Chasten.
Chastisement
(Chas"tise*ment) n. [From Chastise.] The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment
and correction; discipline; punishment.
Shall I so much dishonor my fair stars,
On equal terms to give him chastesement!
Shak.
I have borne chastisement; I will not offend any more.
Job xxxiv. 31.
Chastiser
(Chas*tis"er) n. One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector. Jer. Taylor.
The chastiser of the rich.
Burke.
Chastity
(Chas"ti*ty) n. [F. chasteté, fr. L. castitas, fr. castus. See Chaste.]
1. The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.
She . . . hath preserved her spotless chastity.
T. Carew.
2. Moral purity.
So dear to heaven is saintly chastity,
That, when a soul is found sicerely so
A thousand liveried angels
lackey her.
Milton.
3. The unmarried life; celibacy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
4. (Literature & Art) Chasteness.
Chasuble
(Chas"u*ble) n. [F. chasuble, LL. casubula, cassibula, casula, a hooded garment, covering
the person like a little house; cf. It. casupola, casipola, cottage, dim of L. casa cottage.] (Eccl.) The
outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad,
flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has
usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings.
In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle. [Written also chasible, and chesible.]
Chat
(Chat) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Chatting.] [From Chatter. &radic22.] To
talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip. Shak.
To chat a while on their adventures.
Dryden.
Syn. — To talk; chatter; gossip; converse.
Chat
(Chat), v. t. To talk of. [Obs.]
