chastise

«chastise» in Mova's school dictionary: to punish them, often by scolding or beating them (old use) — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (chastise, chastises, chastised, chastising)

meaning for a pupil

To chastise someone is to punish them, often by scolding or beating them (old use). tree →

sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a proud or cruel person is punished for bad behaviour

examples

• God hath chastised thy pride. tree →
• The master grabbed the boy and chastised him. tree →
• The fox chastised the greedy wolf for his lies. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• And if ye will not yet for these things hearken unto Me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.
• then I will walk contrary unto you in fury; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins.
• And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «chastise» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.