castigate

English

WOTD – 17 February 2008    

Etymology

Early 17th cent., from Latin castīgātus, past participle of castīgō (“I reprove”), from castus (“pure, chaste”), from Proto-Indo-European *kesa (“cut”) .

Pronunciation

• (RP, US) IPA: /ˈkæs.tɪ.ɡeɪt/, /ˈkæs.tə.ɡeɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"k{s.tI.geIt/

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Verb

castigate (third-person singular simple present castigates, present participle castigating, simple past and past participle castigated)

1. To punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely.
   • 1977, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, Penguin Classics, p. 261:

     The curse of avarice and cupidity / Is all my sermon, for it frees the pelf. / Out come the pence, and specially for myself, / For my exclusive purpose is to win / And not at all to castigate their sin.

2. To revise or make corrections to a publication.

Synonyms

• (to punish severely): chastise, punish, rebuke, reprimand
• (to revise a publication): correct, revise
• See also Wikisaurus:reprehend

Translations

to punish severely

• Bulgarian: наказвам строго (bg) (nakazvam strogo), критикувам остро (bg) (kritikuvam ostro)
• French: châtier (fr)
• Latin: castīgō (la)
• Polish: potępić, karcić
• Quechua: maqay (qu)

• Russian: (жесто́ко) наказывать (ru) (nakázyvatʹ), карать (ru) (karátʹ), (criticize) критиковать (ru) (kritikovátʹ)
• Spanish: castigar (es)
• Swedish: tukta

to revise a publication

• French: réviser (fr), corriger (fr)

• Polish: poprawić (pl)

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Italian

Adjective

castigate f

1. Feminine plural form of castigato

Verb

castigate

1. second-person plural present indicative of castigare
2. second-person plural imperative of castigare
3. Feminine plural of castigato

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Latin

Verb

castīgāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of castīgō