Bible Dictionaries
Chastise

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.

(2):

(v. t.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Chastise'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/chastise.html. 1828.