CHASTISE

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. 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. 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.