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