Chas‐tise″ (chăs‐tīz″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Chastised (–tīzd″); p. pr. & vb. n.Chastising.] [OE. chastisen; chastien + ending -isen + modern -ise, -ize, L. -izare, Gr. -ίζειν. 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.