disciplined

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. obeying the rules
  2. trained mentally or physically by instruction or exercise“the beautiful coordination of his disciplined muscles”“a disciplined mind”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Ill armed, and worse disciplined.— Clarendon.[1913 Webster]
His mind . . . imperfectly disciplined by nature.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

3.To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct. [1913 Webster]

Has he disciplined Aufidius soundly?— Shak.[1913 Webster]

4.To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.

Syn: To train; form; teach; instruct; bring up; regulate; correct; chasten; chastise; punish. [1913 Webster]

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