enchasten

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɛnˈt͡ʃeɪsən/    美 /ɛnˈt͡ʃeɪsən/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To render chaste. literary,rare
    — And shall it e’er be said, that a poor hind, Nursed in the lap of Ignorance, and bred In want and labour, glows with nobler zeal To laud his Maker’s attributes, while he Whom starry Science in her cradle rock’d, And Castaly enchasten’d, with its dews, Closes his eyes upon the holy word, And, blind to all but arrogance and pride, Dares to declare his infidelity, And openly contemn the Lord of Hosts?

词形变化

enchastens present,singular,third-person enchastening participle,present enchastened participle,past enchastened past

词源

From en- (intensifying prefix) + chasten (“to chastise, subdue, or render chaste”).
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