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chasten (v.)
1520s, with
-en
(1) + the word it replaced, obsolete verb
chaste
"to correct (someone's) behavior" (Middle English
chastien
, c. 1200), from Old French
chastiier
"to punish" (see
chastise
). Related:
Chastened
;
chastening
.
