To make chaste or pure; to chasten by rendering virtuous or modest.
From 'en-' plus 'chasten' (to punish or correct), derived from Old French 'chastier,' from Latin 'castigare' (to reprove).
The concept of 'encha stening' reveals medieval moral philosophy—the idea that punishment and correction could literally transform someone's character into a virtuous state.
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