▪ I. chastising, vbl. n.
(tʃæˈstaɪzɪŋ)
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb chastise; chastisement.
| 1303 R. Brunne Handl. Synne 4858 Better were þe chylde vnbore Þan fayle chastysyng. 1382 Wyclif 1 Macc. ii. 49 Chastisyng, and tyme of distruccioun. c 1386 Chaucer Doctor's T. 98 Outher by necgligence in chastisynge. 1535 Coverdale Hebr. xii. 11 No maner chastisynge for the present tyme semeth to be joyous. 1647 H. More Song Soul ii. i. i. xi, With their continuall chastisings [rime wings.] |
▪ II. chaˈstising, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. +-ing2.]
That chastises.
| 1691 Norris Pract. Disc. 221 There is a Chastising as well as Destroying Angel. 1807 Sir R. Wilson Jrnl. 15 May in Life (1862) II. 217, I hope she may con twice this chastising memorandum. 1878 Morley Crit. Misc. Ser. i. App. 304 Theories of the chastising judge. |