Definition of chaste

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Chaste (a.) Pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art..

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En- :: En- () A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written indifferently with en-or in-. For ease of pronunciation it is commonly changed to em-before p, b, and m, as in employ, embody, emmew. It is sometimes used to give a causal force, as in enable, enfeeble, to cause to be, or to make, able, or feeble; and sometimes merely gives an intensive force, as in enchasten. See In-..
Chastener :: Chastener (n.) One who chastens.
Chastity :: Chastity (n.) Chasteness.
Slippery :: Slippery (a.) Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.
Chaste :: Chaste (a.) Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste mind; chaste eyes..
Impure :: Impure (a.) Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas..
Chasteness :: Chasteness (n.) Freedom from all that is meretricious, gaudy, or affected; as, chasteness of design..
Unchaste :: Unchaste (a.) Not chaste; not continent; lewd.
Neat :: Neat (a.) Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress..
Vestal :: Vestal (a.) Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth; hence, pure; chaste..
Punish :: Punish (v. t.) To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience..
Bawdy :: Bawdy (a.) Obscene; filthy; unchaste.
Chastening :: Chastening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chaste.
Virgin :: Virgin (v. i.) To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste; -- followed by it. See It, 5..
Chasteness :: Chasteness (n.) Chastity; purity.
Chaste :: Chaste (a.) Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.
Smite :: Smite (v. t.) To afflict; to chasten; to punish.
Enchasten :: Enchasten (v. t.) To chasten.
Frail :: Frail (superl) Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women..
Light :: Light (superl.) Wanton; unchaste; as, a woman of light character..
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