Chaste \Chaste\ (ch[=a]st), a. [F. chaste, from L. castus pure, chaste; cf. Gr. kaqaro`s pure, Skr. [,c]udth 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)