Definition of "castigates" [castigates]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of castigate. (verb)

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• "The more McCain castigates Obama, the more clear it is that it's TIME FOR CHANGE."
• "Finally, to end on a positive note, since he castigates Ms. Ravitch for not offering alternatives in her criticism of charter schools, let me do so:"
• "The most lazy historical error comes when Mr. Bergman castigates "a pair of renegade astronomers" for making "a wheelbarrowful of money" by incorrectly predicting a major California earthquake in 1974."