Both Uses of
chasten
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- Rays of male vision seem to have a tickling effect upon virgin faces in rural districts; she brushed hers with her hand, as if Gabriel had been irritating its pink surface by actual touch, and the free air of her previous movements was reduced at the same time to a chastened phase of itself.†
Chpt 1-3 *
- "I do—when I have an opportunity, which latterly has not been often (my mother was a Parisienne)—and there's a proverb they have, _Qui aime bien chatie bien_—'He chastens who loves well.'†
Chpt 25-27
Definition:
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(chasten) to decrease confidence by making someone realize they have done poorly
or (archaically): to severely criticize or punish