Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disciplined"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Discipline \Dis"ci*pline\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disciplined}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Disciplining}.] [Cf. LL. disciplinarian to
flog, fr. L. disciplina discipline, and F. discipliner to
discipline.]
1. To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to
train.

2. To accustom to regular and systematic action; to bring
under control so as to act systematically; to train to act
together under orders; to teach subordination to; to form
a habit of obedience in; to drill.

Ill armed, and worse disciplined. --Clarendon.

His mind . . . imperfectly disciplined by nature.
--Macaulay.

3. To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise;
to correct.

Has he disciplined Aufidius soundly? --Shak.

4. To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.

Syn: To train; form; teach; instruct; bring up; regulate;
correct; chasten; chastise; punish.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

disciplined
adj 1: obeying the rules [syn: {under control(p)}]
2: trained mentally or physically by instruction or exercise;
"the beautiful coordination of his disciplined muscles";
"a disciplined mind"
3: punished for misbehavior; "the chastised child sat humbly in
the corner" [syn: {chastised}, {corrected}]

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