Definizione monolingua

castigate

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.

castigate f.

1. Feminine plural form of castigato

Definizione dizionario castigate

	punire
	To administer disciplinary action.

castigare

Altri significati:

To punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely.

To revise or make corrections to a publication.

to punish severely

to revise a publication