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English Dictionary: Disciplined by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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 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.
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