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CASTIGATE

Postby Stargzer » Sun Nov 05, 2006 11:15 pm

From the American Heritage Dictionary:

CASTIGATE
SYLLABICATION: cas·ti·gate
PRONUNCIATION: kăs' tĭ-gāt'
TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: cas·ti·gat·ed, cas·ti·gat·ing, cas·ti·gates
1. To inflict severe punishment on. See synonyms at punish.
2. To criticize severely.
ETYMOLOGY: Latin castīgāre, castīgāt-, from castus, pure. See kes- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS: cas'ti·ga' tion —NOUN
cas' ti·ga'tor —NOUN
Always one of my favorite words, along with excoriate.
Regards//Larry

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Postby Slava » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:34 pm

Treated here: http://www.alphadictionary.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=1979
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