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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