Obs. [ad. L. castīgāt-us, pa. pple. of castīgāre: see prec. vb. and -ATE2.] Subdued, chastened, moderated; revised and emended.
1640. H. More, Antipsychop., Pref. Being supprest or very much castigate and kept under.
1678. Cudworth, Intell. Syst., I. v. 673. Seeming more Cautious and Castigate.
1837. Hallam, Hist. Lit., III. iv. § 14. The later editions … are castigate.
Hence † Castigately adv.
1707. Humfrey, Justif. Baxter., 8. They have spoken many times … not castigately as they ought.
