" chasten "

[Verb]  | "chas*ten" | \ ˈchā-sᵊn \

1: to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline; also : purify

2: to prune (something, such as a work or style of art) of excess, pretense, or falsity : refine

3: to cause to be more humble or restrained : subdue

Origin: 1526 ;

 Extension with {see: |-en:2|-en:2} of earlier chaste "to correct by punishment, discipline," going back to Middle English chasten, borrowed from Anglo-French chastier, castier, caster (also continental Old French castier, chastier, chastoier), going back to Latin castīgāre "to discipline for a fault or lapse, reprove, censure" {mat|castigate|};

  * Note : Alongside a verb stem chaste in Middle English is a variant chasty, with the medial -i- of the French form taken as part of the stem.;

[Verb]  | "chasten"