Both Uses
chastise
in
Wuthering Heights
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- But they are very much alike: they are spoiled children, and fancy the world was made for their accommodation; and though I humour both, I think a smart chastisement might improve them all the same.'†
p. 71.1 *
- 'I know how to chastise children, you see,' said the scoundrel, grimly, as he stooped to repossess himself of the key, which had dropped to the floor.†
p. 197.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(chastise) to scold or criticize
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)