or v. t. To affright; to terrify. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Agast, v. t. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & p. p. [ OE. agast, agasted, p. p. of agasten to terrify, fr. AS. pref. ā- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + g&unr_;stan to terrify, torment: cf. Goth. usgaisjan to terrify, primitively to fix, to root to the spot with terror; akin to L. haerere to stick fast, cling. See Gaze, Hesitate. ] Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aghast he waked; and, starting from his bed,
Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The commissioners read and stood aghast. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. to chasten. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. chaste, from L. castus pure, chaste; cf. Gr. kaqaro`s pure, Skr. çudh to purify. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent. “As chaste as Diana.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose bed is undefiled and chaste pronounced. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste mind; chaste eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art. [ 1913 Webster ]

That great model of chaste, lofty, and eloquence, the Book of Common Prayer. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Unmarried. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.

Syn. -- Undefiled; pure; virtuous; continent; immaculate; spotless. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chaste tree. Same as Agnus castus. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a chaste manner; with purity. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Chastened p. pr. & vb. n. Chastening. ] [ OE. chastien, OF. Chastier, F. Ch&unr_;tier, fr. L. castigare to punish, chastise; castus pure + agere to lead, drive. See Chaste, Act, and cf. Castigate, Chastise. ] 1. To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod. [ 1913 Webster ]

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth. Heb. xii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To purify from errors or faults; to refine. [ 1913 Webster ]

They [ classics ] chasten and enlarge the mind, and excite to noble actions. Layard.

Syn. -- To chastise; punish; correct; discipline; castigate; afflict; subdue; purify. To Chasten, Punish, Chastise. To chasten is to subject to affliction or trouble, in order to produce a general change for the better in life or character. To punish is to inflict penalty for violation of law, disobedience to authority, or intentional wrongdoing. To chastise is to punish a particular offense, as with stripes, especially with the hope that suffering or disgrace may prevent a repetition of faults. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Corrected; disciplined; refined; purified; toned down. Sir. W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of such a finished chastened purity. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who chastens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Chastity; purity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Literature & Art) Freedom from all that is meretricious, gaudy, or affected; as, chasteness of design. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Chastised p. pr. & vb. n. Chastising. ] [ OE. chastisen; chastien + ending -isen + modern -ise, -ize, L. -izare, Gr. -i`zein. See Chasten. ] 1. To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes. [ 1913 Webster ]

How fine my master is! I am afraid
He will chastise me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am glad to see the vanity or envy of the canting chemists thus discovered and chastised. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gay, social sense, by decency chastised. Thomson.

3. To criticize (a person) strongly and directly in order to correct behavior.
Syn. -- castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct, dress down. [ PJC ]

Syn. -- See Chasten. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having bad behavior criticised and punished; as, the chastised child sat humbly in the corner.
Syn. -- corrected, disciplined. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From Chastise. ] The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shall I so much dishonor my fair stars,
On equal terms to give him chastesement! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have borne chastisement; I will not offend any more. Job xxxiv. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

The chastiser of the rich. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. chasteté, fr. L. castitas, fr. castus. See Chaste. ] 1. The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse. [ 1913 Webster ]

She . . . hath preserved her spotless chastity. T. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Moral purity. [ 1913 Webster ]

So dear to heaven is saintly chastity,
That, when a soul is found sicerely so
A thousand liveried angels lackey her. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The unmarried life; celibacy. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Literature & Art) Chasteness. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. same as chastise; -- a variant spelling; as, She chastized him for his insensitive remarks.
Syn. -- chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; to part asunder, fr. &unr_; in two, asunder, fr. di`s- twice. ] (Biol.) Capable of subdividing spontaneously. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To chasten. [ Obs. ]

a. Foolishly hasty. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. gasten. See Ghastly, a. ] To strike aghast; to affright. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Ghasted by the noise I made.
Full suddenly he fled. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Ghastly, a. ] Fit to make one aghast; dismal. [ Obs. ] -- Ghast"ful*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. The state of being ghastly; a deathlike look. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Ghastlier superl. Ghastliest. ] [ OE. gastlich, gastli, fearful, causing fear, fr. gasten to terrify, AS. gæstan. Cf. Aghast, Gast, Gaze, Ghostly. ] 1. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Each turned his face with a ghastly pang. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a ghastly manner; hideously. [ 1913 Webster ]

Staring full ghastly like a strangled man. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Ghastliness. [ Obs. ] Shak.

2d pers. sing. pres. of Have, contr. of havest. [ Archaic ]

{ } a. [ L. hastatus, fr. hasta spear. Cf. Gad, n. ] Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. hast; akin to D. haast, G., Dan., Sw., & OFries. hast, cf. OF. haste, F. hâte (of German origin); all perh. fr. the root of E. hate in a earlier sense of, to pursue. See Hate. ] 1. Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king's business required haste. 1 Sam. xxi. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence. [ 1913 Webster ]

I said in my haste, All men are liars. Ps. cxvi. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

To make haste, to hasten.

Syn. -- Speed; quickness; nimbleness; swiftness; expedition; dispatch; hurry; precipitance; vehemence; precipitation. -- Haste, Hurry, Speed, Dispatch. Haste denotes quickness of action and a strong desire for getting on; hurry includes a confusion and want of collected thought not implied in haste; speed denotes the actual progress which is made; dispatch, the promptitude and rapidity with which things are done. A man may properly be in haste, but never in a hurry. Speed usually secures dispatch. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Hasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hasting. ] [ OE. hasten; akin to G. hasten, D. haasten, Dan. haste, Sw. hasta, OF. haster, F. hâter. See Haste, n. ] To hasten; to hurry. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I 'll haste the writer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

They were troubled and hasted away. Ps. xlviii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hastened p. pr. & vb. n. Hastening ] To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry. [ 1913 Webster ]

I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. Ps. lv. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To move with celerity; to be rapid in motion; to act speedily or quickly; to go quickly. [ 1913 Webster ]

I hastened to the spot whence the noise came. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who hastens. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which hastens; especially, a stand or reflector used for confining the heat of the fire to meat while roasting before it. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. See Hastive. ] Hasty. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. -- Has"tif*ly, adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. hasta a spear. ] (Bot.) Same as Hastate. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ From Hasty. ] 1. In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly. [ 1913 Webster ]

We hastily engaged in the war. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Passionately; impatiently. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being hasty; haste; precipitation; rashness; quickness of temper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ From Haste, v. ] Early fruit or vegetables; especially, early pease. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Geol.) The lower group of the Wealden formation; -- so called from its development around Hastings, in Sussex, England. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. hastif. See Haste, n., and cf. Hastif. ] Forward; early; -- said of fruits. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Hastier superl. Hastiest. ] [ Akin to D. haastig, G., Sw., & Dan. hastig. See Haste, n. ] 1. Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty retreat; a hasty sketch. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Demanding haste or immediate action. [ R. ] Chaucer. “Hasty employment.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him. Prov. xxix. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

The hasty multitude
Admiring entered. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be not hasty to go out of his sight. Eccl. viii. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Take no unkindness of his hasty words. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Forward; early; first ripe. [ Obs. ] “As the hasty fruit before the summer.” Is. xxviii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A thick batter pudding made of Indian meal stirred into boiling water; mush. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A batter or pudding made of flour or oatmeal, stirred into boiling water or milk. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; hermit, fr. &unr_; to be still or quiet, fr. &unr_; still, calm. ] One of a mystical sect of the Greek Church in the fourteenth century; a quietist. Brande & C.

n. [ Pref. in- not + chastity: cf. F. inchasteté. ] Unchastity. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Too great haste. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Too hasty; precipitate; rash. -- O"ver*has"ti*ly adv. -- O`ver*has"ti*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L., a bad philosopher, fr. philosophus: cf. OF. philosophastre. ] A pretender to philosophy. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Haste or speed in traveling, like that of a post or courier. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With speed or expedition; as, he traveled posthaste; to send posthaste. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mountain peak, etc., in California. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]