单词 | chastening |
释义 | chasteningn. The action of chasten v.1; disciplinary punishment, chastisement, correction; subduing of excess or intensity. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > [noun] > making humble meekinga1333 chastening1526 meekening1537 abasing1548 humbling1549 unperching1586 remissiona1628 society > authority > punishment > [noun] > corrective > action of inflicting chastyinga1300 disciplininga1450 chastening1526 displing1581 the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > activities of God > [noun] > trial or punishment by judgementa1325 visitationc1475 general judgement1479 chastening1526 punishment1535 the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [noun] > saturation > restrain from intensity chastening1846 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Heb. xii. 5 My sonne despyse not the chastenynge of the Lorde. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Macc. vii. 33 Though God be angrie with vs a litle whyle (for oure chasteninge & reformacion). 1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 40 Whom he would correct by wholsome chastning. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby x. 94 Striking his nose with the knuckle of his forefinger as a chastening for his forgetfulness. 1846 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters II. 80 The..real power of all colour is dependent on the chastening of it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). chasteningadj. That chastens; correcting, chastising; purifying, refining, subduing. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > [adjective] > making humble abasing1615 chastening1667 meekening1698 humblinga1732 society > authority > punishment > [adjective] > corrective correcta1464 castigatory1625 castigative1641 emendative1642 emendatory1660 chastening1667 correcting1692 correctional1838 the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > making less violent or severe allayingOE temperativec1430 moderativec1487 moderating1583 softening1600 tempering1612 appeasing1648 modulating1751 palliating1758 mitigatory1813 chastening1814 mildening1842 mitigating1903 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 373 I..to the hand of Heav'n submit, However chast'ning . View more context for this quotation 1814 R. Southey Roderick vii A healing and a chastening grief. 1846 J. G. Deck Psalms & Hymns & Spiritual Songs ii. 63 I bow beneath thy chast'ning rod. 1872 H. P. Liddon Some Elements Relig. iii. 127 The most solemn, the most chastening, the most stimulating consideration. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1526adj.1667 |
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