Both Uses of
chastise
in
Utopia, by Thomas More
- In this,' said I, 'not only you in England, but a great part of the world, imitate some ill masters, that are readier to chastise their scholars than to teach them.†
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- Husbands have power to correct their wives and parents to chastise their children, unless the fault is so great that a public punishment is thought necessary for striking terror into others.†
Definition:
to scold or criticize