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It is an abuse of power, when you are President of the United States, to use the White House to single out a single news organization, and castigate them and try to delegitimize them.
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Meaning of "castigate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CASTIGATE

From Latin castīgāre to correct, punish, from castum pure + agere to compel (to be).
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CASTIGATE

castigate  [ˈkæstɪˌɡeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CASTIGATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Castigate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb castigate in English.

WHAT DOES CASTIGATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Castigation

Castigation or chastisement is the infliction of severe punishment. One who administers a castigation is a castigator or chastiser. In earlier times, castigation specifically meant restoring one to a religiously pure state, called chastity. In ancient Rome, it was also a term for the magistrate called a censor, who castigated in the name of the pagan state religion but with the authority of the 'pious' state. In Christian times, this terminology was adopted but roughly restricted to the physical sphere: chastity became a matter of approved sexual conduct, castigation usually meaning physical punishment, either as a form of penance, as a voluntary pious exercise or as educational or other coercion, while the use for other punishments is now often perceived as metaphorical. Self-castigation is applied by the repentant culprit to himself, for moral and/or religious reasons, notably as penance.

Definition of castigate in the English dictionary

The definition of castigate in the dictionary is to rebuke or criticize in a severe manner; chastise.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CASTIGATE

PRESENT

Present
I castigate
you castigate
he/she/it castigates
we castigate
you castigate
they castigate
Present continuous
I am castigating
you are castigating
he/she/it is castigating
we are castigating
you are castigating
they are castigating
Present perfect
I have castigated
you have castigated
he/she/it has castigated
we have castigated
you have castigated
they have castigated
Present perfect continuous
I have been castigating
you have been castigating
he/she/it has been castigating
we have been castigating
you have been castigating
they have been castigating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I castigated
you castigated
he/she/it castigated
we castigated
you castigated
they castigated
Past continuous
I was castigating
you were castigating
he/she/it was castigating
we were castigating
you were castigating
they were castigating
Past perfect
I had castigated
you had castigated
he/she/it had castigated
we had castigated
you had castigated
they had castigated
Past perfect continuous
I had been castigating
you had been castigating
he/she/it had been castigating
we had been castigating
you had been castigating
they had been castigating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will castigate
you will castigate
he/she/it will castigate
we will castigate
you will castigate
they will castigate
Future continuous
I will be castigating
you will be castigating
he/she/it will be castigating
we will be castigating
you will be castigating
they will be castigating
Future perfect
I will have castigated
you will have castigated
he/she/it will have castigated
we will have castigated
you will have castigated
they will have castigated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been castigating
you will have been castigating
he/she/it will have been castigating
we will have been castigating
you will have been castigating
they will have been castigating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would castigate
you would castigate
he/she/it would castigate
we would castigate
you would castigate
they would castigate
Conditional continuous
I would be castigating
you would be castigating
he/she/it would be castigating
we would be castigating
you would be castigating
they would be castigating
Conditional perfect
I would have castigate
you would have castigate
he/she/it would have castigate
we would have castigate
you would have castigate
they would have castigate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been castigating
you would have been castigating
he/she/it would have been castigating
we would have been castigating
you would have been castigating
they would have been castigating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you castigate
we let´s castigate
you castigate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to castigate
Past participle
castigated
Present Participle
castigating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CASTIGATE


circumnavigate
ˌsɜːkəmˈnævɪˌɡeɪt
congregate
ˈkɒŋɡrɪˌɡeɪt
delegate
ˈdɛlɪˌɡeɪt
desegregate
diːˈsɛɡrɪˌɡeɪt
disaggregate
dɪsˈæɡrɪˌɡeɪt
fatigate
ˈfætɪˌɡeɪt
fertigate
ˈfɜːtɪˌɡeɪt
fumigate
ˈfjuːmɪˌɡeɪt
fustigate
ˈfʌstɪˌɡeɪt
instigate
ˈɪnstɪˌɡeɪt
investigate
ɪnˈvɛstɪˌɡeɪt
irrigate
ˈɪrɪˌɡeɪt
litigate
ˈlɪtɪˌɡeɪt
mitigate
ˈmɪtɪˌɡeɪt
navigate
ˈnævɪˌɡeɪt
obligate
ˈɒblɪˌɡeɪt
reinvestigate
ˌriːɪnˈvɛstɪˌɡeɪt
segregate
ˈsɛɡrɪˌɡeɪt
variegate
ˈvɛərɪˌɡeɪt
vitilitigate
ˌvɪtɪˈlɪtɪˌɡeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CASTIGATE

castellated nut
castellation
castellum
caster
caster action
caster angle
caster sugar
castigation
castigator
castigatory
Castiglione
Castile
Castile soap
Castilian
Castilla
Castilla la Vieja
casting
casting couch
casting director
casting vote

WORDS THAT END LIKE CASTIGATE

agate
aggregate
alligate
AND gate
colligate
exclusive OR gate
frigate
gate
in the aggregate
legate
levigate
ligate
profligate
Reigate
remigate
smifligate
strigate
subirrigate
suffumigate
tailgate

Synonyms and antonyms of castigate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CASTIGATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «castigate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of castigate

Translation of «castigate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CASTIGATE

Find out the translation of castigate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of castigate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «castigate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

谴责
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

criticar duramente
570 millions of speakers

English

castigate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पीटना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تأنيب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бичевать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

repreender
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শাস্তি দেত্তয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

critiquer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mencuri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

geißeln
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

酷評する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

혹평하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Liyane
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gọt giủa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தண்டி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काटा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

azarlamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

criticare duramente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

piętnować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бичувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

critica aspru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τιμωρώ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tuchtigen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

casti
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

castigate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of castigate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CASTIGATE»

The term «castigate» is normally little used and occupies the 115.523 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CASTIGATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «castigate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «castigate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about castigate

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2 QUOTES WITH «CASTIGATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word castigate.
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Monica Crowley
It is an abuse of power, when you are President of the United States, to use the White House to single out a single news organization, and castigate them and try to delegitimize them.
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Olivia Williams
My skin may have wrinkles but it's because I'm smiling so much. That might sound like some terrible American greetings card, but I feel it's immoral for me to castigate my body for getting older, when it does everything I ask of it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CASTIGATE»

Discover the use of castigate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to castigate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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French Books III & IV: Books published in France before 1601 ...
Ambrosius; Alain Chartier. Epistole nuper lima acriori castigate. Paris, opera Jean Barbier: Jean Petit, 1508. 4o. Gültlingen II p. 11: 27; Moreau I 276: 72. 70578 Filelfo, Francesco. Ambrosius; Alain Chartier. Epistole nuper lima acriori castigate.
Andrew Pettegree, Malcolm Walsby, 2011
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Vocabulary Building for a Masters Degree
Ben Johnsonwasa highly moral playwright; in his plays, his purpose was to castigate viceand hypocrisy by exposing them publicly. • Castigate(vb):To punishor criticize severely. • Synonyms:berate,chew out, dress down, flay, jaw, keelhaul, ...
Idoniboye B. Bagshaw, 2014
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Top 100 Power Verbs: The Most Powerful Verbs and Phrases You ...
Castigate. (1) call down; chastise; criticize; punish; reprimand severely Word Used in Sentence(s) (1) The consumer advocacy group castigated the online firm for not protecting the privacy of the customer database. (1) Sometimes the political ...
Michael Lawrence Faulkner, Michelle Faulkner-Lunsford, 2013
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Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins
common current use is to refer to the hereditary classes of Hindu society: Brahman (priest), Kshatriya (warrior), Vaisya (merchant or farmer), and Sudra ( labourer). castigate see CASTE castle [OE] Castle goes back to Latin castellum, ' little fort' ...
Julia Cresswell, 2010
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GRE® Verbal Workbook
Which sentence uses the word castigate correctly, in meaning and form? A They stayed a long time by the shore, to watch the boats castigate in the setting sun. B She wrote the paper last night so she was fully prepared for her professor to ...
Kaplan, 2013
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Organizational Forming in (a)modern Times: Path Dependence, ...
... policy industrial policy industrial policy industrial policy Media castigate IDA performance Media castigate IDA performance Media castigate IDA performance Media castigate IDA performance Triennial review empowers SFADCo at expense ...
Paul F. Donnelly, 2007
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po hu t'ung
Ching 'to castigate' means ching 'to correct' 31. It conveys the idea of correcting, and is an expression in which the ideas of disapproval and esteem are combined M. The Shang shu says: "[Therefore] I greatly intend [with your] help to castigate ...
Gu Ban, 1949
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Actions: The Actor's Thesaurus
... Reform, Restore Repel Antagonise, Deflect, Disgust, Horrify, Nauseate, Offend, Rebuff, Refuse, Repulse, Resist, Sicken Replenish Cure, Fill, Reinforce, Renew, Restore, Satiate, Saturate, Stuff Reprehend Berate, Blame, Castigate, Chastise, ...
Marina Caldarone, Maggie Lloyd-Williams, 2004
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VoLT - Vocabulary Learning Techniques Vol-I
CASTIGATE Usage: ' Hitler was responsible for the carnage of thousands of Jews . - The First World War is remembered as a time of bloody carnage. ' The Third World War is expected to cause absolute carnage. ' India suffers terrible carnage  ...
Abhishek Jain
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英语词源浅析:
Wl^» 'ÈÔUBJI^A synergistically (Asins'dsistikali/) ( enervate, enervated, enervation, energy, synergism, synergy, synergistically ) ( casti- ) castigate castigare, Л£ fu (correct, punish)"; scold (Jrffl). criticize (ítfcW), rebuke К berate ( , rail at (Ц-^)о ...
翁燕珩, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CASTIGATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term castigate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Donald Trump's Latino comments are just GOP orthodoxy in a …
You can't castigate Donald Trump for acting like a stereotyping, fear-mongering bully when he's just following your lead. The best you can do is ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Nick Kyrgios's pantomime Wimbledon antics cannot disguise a rare …
We endlessly demand more individuality from our sports stars and then castigate them for their unprofessional ism if they deviate from the norm. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
When fury, righteousness and the internet are a disturbing mix
This is what drives us to stick up for people being bullied, report shoplifters to store security and castigate people who park in disabled people's ... «Manawatu Standard, Jul 15»
4
Michael Oren Names a Villain
If anyone intends to use Oren's book to castigate or malign the Obama administration there is plenty of material here to mine.Do not be shy. «The Jewish Press, Jul 15»
5
EU is a union only by name with each member vulnerable
The extraordinary situation is that Greece is little more, or substantially less, indebted than many including ourselves, who castigate it so. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
6
The strange Kafkaesque world of UK tax
The solution to avoidance is not to castigate taxpayers into paying their 'fair' share of tax (whatever that might mean) but to take an axe to the ... «Citywire.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
Dawood controversy: Saamana comes in support of Pawar
The editorial went on to castigate AS Dulat, without naming him, for having authored the book revealing details about Dawood's offer. «India Today, Jul 15»
8
Inside Write - Don't cry for Messi, cry for Argentina
But that's no reason to castigate Messi. He's just 28, still a 22-carat genius and the fat lady is yet to clear her throat. Let's laud him while he lasts. «The Sun Daily, Jul 15»
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The homegrown-terror warning they refused to hear
Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) wept. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) described the hearings as “a way to demonize and castigate a whole broad base of ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
10
Consensus far from clear on renaming Confederate-linked schools
"It's not to say we castigate our history forever," he said, "but should it be prominent with every graduating class going forward when there's an ... «Houston Chronicle, Jul 15»

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