Disciplined

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
disciplined
    adj 1: obeying the rules
    2: trained mentally or physically by instruction or exercise;
       "the beautiful coordination of his disciplined muscles"; "a
       disciplined mind"
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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   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.
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            Ill armed, and worse disciplined.     --Clarendon.
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            His mind . . . imperfectly disciplined by nature.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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   3. To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise;
      to correct.
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            Has he disciplined Aufidius soundly?  --Shak.
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   4. To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.

   Syn: To train; form; teach; instruct; bring up; regulate;
        correct; chasten; chastise; punish.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "disciplined":
      Spartan, accepting, armed with patience, bound, bounded,
      conditioned, confined, copyrighted, cramped, endurant, enduring,
      finite, forbearing, indulgent, lenient, limited, long-suffering,
      longanimous, moderated, narrow, patented, patient, patient as Job,
      persevering, philosophical, prescribed, proscribed, qualified,
      restricted, self-controlled, stoic, strait, straitened, tolerant,
      tolerating, tolerative, understanding

    

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