Chastise

a. [Fr. châtier, for chastier. See CHASTEN. To correct; to punish; to castigate; to inflict corporeal pain upon, by way of punishment. "I will chastise this high-minded strumpet." - Shaks. -To reduce to order or obedience; to repre ; to liberate from faults or exce es. "And chastise with the valor of thy tongue, All that impedes thee." -Shaks.