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    chas·ten
    [ˈCHāsn]
    verb
    chasten (verb) · chastens (third person present) · chastened (past tense) · chastened (past participle) · chastening (present participle)
    1. (of a rebuke or misfortune) have a restraining or moderating effect on:
      "the director was somewhat chastened by his recent flops"
      • archaic
        (especially of God) discipline; punish.
    Origin
    early 16th century: from an obsolete verb chaste, from Old French chastier, from Latin castigare ‘castigate’, from castus ‘morally pure, chaste’.
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    verb
    1. (of a rebuke or misfortune) have a restraining or moderating effect on:
      subdue
      humble
      cow
      squash
      deflate
      flatten
      bring down
      humiliate
      mortify
      restrain
      tame
      curb
      check
      put down
      put someone in their place
      settle someone's hash
      bring low
      take down a peg or two
      cut down to size
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