*chast*

a. [ F. chaste, from L. castus pure, chaste; cf. Gr. kaqaro`s pure, Skr. çudh to purify. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent. “As chaste as Diana.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose bed is undefiled and chaste pronounced. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste mind; chaste eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art. [ 1913 Webster ]

That great model of chaste, lofty, and eloquence, the Book of Common Prayer. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Unmarried. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.

Syn. -- Undefiled; pure; virtuous; continent; immaculate; spotless. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chaste tree. Same as Agnus castus. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a chaste manner; with purity. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Chastened p. pr. & vb. n. Chastening. ] [ OE. chastien, OF. Chastier, F. Ch&unr_;tier, fr. L. castigare to punish, chastise; castus pure + agere to lead, drive. See Chaste, Act, and cf. Castigate, Chastise. ] 1. To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod. [ 1913 Webster ]

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth. Heb. xii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To purify from errors or faults; to refine. [ 1913 Webster ]

They [ classics ] chasten and enlarge the mind, and excite to noble actions. Layard.

Syn. -- To chastise; punish; correct; discipline; castigate; afflict; subdue; purify. To Chasten, Punish, Chastise. To chasten is to subject to affliction or trouble, in order to produce a general change for the better in life or character. To punish is to inflict penalty for violation of law, disobedience to authority, or intentional wrongdoing. To chastise is to punish a particular offense, as with stripes, especially with the hope that suffering or disgrace may prevent a repetition of faults. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Corrected; disciplined; refined; purified; toned down. Sir. W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of such a finished chastened purity. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who chastens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Chastity; purity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Literature & Art) Freedom from all that is meretricious, gaudy, or affected; as, chasteness of design. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Chastised p. pr. & vb. n. Chastising. ] [ OE. chastisen; chastien + ending -isen + modern -ise, -ize, L. -izare, Gr. -i`zein. See Chasten. ] 1. To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes. [ 1913 Webster ]

How fine my master is! I am afraid
He will chastise me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am glad to see the vanity or envy of the canting chemists thus discovered and chastised. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gay, social sense, by decency chastised. Thomson.

3. To criticize (a person) strongly and directly in order to correct behavior.
Syn. -- castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct, dress down. [ PJC ]

Syn. -- See Chasten. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having bad behavior criticised and punished; as, the chastised child sat humbly in the corner.
Syn. -- corrected, disciplined. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From Chastise. ] The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shall I so much dishonor my fair stars,
On equal terms to give him chastesement! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have borne chastisement; I will not offend any more. Job xxxiv. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

The chastiser of the rich. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. chasteté, fr. L. castitas, fr. castus. See Chaste. ] 1. The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse. [ 1913 Webster ]

She . . . hath preserved her spotless chastity. T. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Moral purity. [ 1913 Webster ]

So dear to heaven is saintly chastity,
That, when a soul is found sicerely so
A thousand liveried angels lackey her. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The unmarried life; celibacy. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Literature & Art) Chasteness. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. same as chastise; -- a variant spelling; as, She chastized him for his insensitive remarks.
Syn. -- chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; to part asunder, fr. &unr_; in two, asunder, fr. di`s- twice. ] (Biol.) Capable of subdividing spontaneously. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To chasten. [ Obs. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; hermit, fr. &unr_; to be still or quiet, fr. &unr_; still, calm. ] One of a mystical sect of the Greek Church in the fourteenth century; a quietist. Brande & C.

n. [ Pref. in- not + chastity: cf. F. inchasteté. ] Unchastity. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. stochastiko`s, from stocha`zesqai to aim, to guess, fr. sto`chos mark or aim. ] 1. Conjectural; able to conjecture. [ Obs. ] Whitefoot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. random; chance; involving probability; opposite of deterministic. [ GG ]

3. (Statistics) of or pertaining to a process in which a series of calculations, selections, or observations are made, each one being randomly determined as a sample from a probability distribution. Where physical phenomena are modelled as a stochastic process, each subsequent calculation of a series may depend on the result of the previous calculation, as in the modelling of the process of diffusion of molecules. Many series may be calculated, and the results averaged, to estimate the most likely result. See also Markov chain. [ PJC ]

-- sto*chas"tic*al*ly, adv. [PJC]

a. Not chaste; not continent; lewd. -- Un*chaste"ly, adv. -- Un*chaste"ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness; incontinence. [ 1913 Webster ]