17 May 2014

castigate

[kas-ti-geyt]

verb (used with object), cas·ti·gat·ed, cas·ti·gat·ing.

1. to criticize or reprimand severely.
2. to punish in order to correct.

Origin:
1600–10; < Latin castīgātus literally, driven to be faultless (past participle of castigāre to chasten), equivalent to cast ( us ) pure, chaste + -īg-, combining form of agere to drive, incite + -ātus -ate1

Related forms
cas·ti·ga·tion, noun
cas·ti·ga·tive, cas·ti·ga·to·ry [kas-ti-guh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Show IPA , adjective
cas·ti·ga·tor, noun
non·cas·ti·gat·ing, adjective
non·cas·ti·ga·tion, noun

Anagram

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Synonyms
1. scold, reprove. 2. discipline, chastise, chasten.

Today’s aphorism

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

– John C. Maxwell

On this day

17 May 2000 – Thomas Blanton Jr and Bobby Frank Cherry, former Ku Klux Klan members, are arrested and charged with murder for the 1963 bombing of a church in Alabama which killed four girls. The two men were sentenced to life in prison.

17 May 2012 – Disco singer, Donna Summer dies from lung cancer. She was born on 31 December 1948.