chastener

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Definitions of chastener word

verb with object chastener to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise. 1
verb with object chastener to restrain; subdue: Age has chastened his violent temper. 1
verb with object chastener to make chaste in style. 1
noun chastener One who chastens. 1

before 1520

One of the 28% oldest English words

1520-30; chaste + -en1; replacing chaste (v.), Middle English chastien < Old French chastier < Latin castigāre; see castigate

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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