DISCIPLINE (2)

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. 1. To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to train.
2. 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. 3. To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct.
Has he disciplined Aufidius soundly? Shak. 4. 4. To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.
Syn. — To train; form; teach; instruct; bring up; regulate; correct; chasten; chastise; punish.