Disciplinate
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Synonym of discipline. archaic
"I am Potentiſsima Domina, a ſchoole-maiſter, that is to ſay, a Pedagogue, one not a litle verſed in the diſciplinating of the iuuentall frie, wherein (to my laud I ſay it) I vſe ſuch geometricall proportion, as neither wanted manſuetude nor correction, for ſo it is deſcribed."
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More examples"I am Potentiſsima Domina, a ſchoole-maiſter, that is to ſay, a Pedagogue, one not a litle verſed in the diſciplinating of the iuuentall frie, wherein (to my laud I ſay it) I vſe ſuch geometricall proportion, as neither wanted manſuetude nor correction, for ſo it is deſcribed."
Etymology
First attested in 1584; borrowed from Latin disciplīnātus, perfect passive participle of disciplīnō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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