'Disciplining' definitions:
Definition of 'Disciplining'
From: 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]