Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Castigate

Castigate , transitive verb

[Latin castigatus, past participle of castigare to correct, punish; castus pure, chaste + agere to move, drive. See Caste, and compare Chasten.]

1.
To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.
2.
To emend; to correct. [Obsolete]