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 ]

v. t. To chasten. [ Obs. ]

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 ]

n. Too great haste. [ 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. [ Skr. cāstra an order or command, a sacred book, fr. cās to order, instruct, govern. Cf. Sastra. ] A treatise for authoritative instruction among the Hindoos; a book of institutes; especially, a treatise explaining the Vedas. [ Written also sastra. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not chaste; not continent; lewd. -- Un*chaste"ly, adv. -- Un*chaste"ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]