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   Chaste (chāst), a. [F. chaste, from L. castus pure, chaste; cf. Gr. καθαρός pure, Skr. çudh to purify.]
   
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   1. Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent. “As chaste as Diana.”  Shak.
   
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   Whose bed is undefiled and chaste pronounced. Milton.
   
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   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”.
   
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   3. Pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, “a chaste style in composition or art”.
   
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   That great model of chaste, lofty, and eloquence, the Book of Common Prayer. Macaulay.
   
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   4. Unmarried. [Obs.]  Chaucer.
   
   Syn. -- Undefiled; pure; virtuous; continent; immaculate; spotless.
   
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   Chaste tree. Same as Agnus castus.
   
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