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disciplinate

disciplinate verb: synonym of discipline.

Verb

disciplinate (third-person singular simple present disciplinates, present participle disciplinating, simple past and past participle disciplinated)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of discipline.
    • 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.c. 1578–1579 (first performance), Philip Sidney, “Her Most Excellent Maiestie Walking in Wansteed Garden, […]”, in [Mary Sidney], editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia […] [The New Arcadia], 3rd...
    • And againe, aſking whether all refoꝛmed Churches are diſciplinated alike he ſayth, Nay; they neyther are, can be, nor yet neede ſo to be: ſeeing it cannot be prooued, that any set & exact perticuler forme thereof, is recommended to vs by the Worde of God, pag. 58.[1584], [variously attributed to Dudley Fenner, William Stoughton, and Henry Jacob], “Of the certaine forme of Ecclesiasticall Gouernment, prescribed by the Word of God, and perpetuall for all ages”...
    Synonyms:
    discipline

Synonyms of disciplinate

Forms of disciplinate

third-person singular presentdisciplinates
present participledisciplinating
past participledisciplinated
pastdisciplinated

Origin of disciplinate

First attested in 1584; borrowed from Latin disciplīnātus, perfect passive participle of disciplīnō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about disciplinate

What does disciplinate mean?
Disciplinate means synonym of discipline.
What part of speech is disciplinate?
Disciplinate is a verb.
What is the past tense of disciplinate?
The past tense of disciplinate is disciplinated.

Words near disciplinate in the dictionary

  1. disciplinary
  2. disciplinary inquiries
  3. disciplinary inquiry
  4. disciplinary literacy
  5. disciplinary loaf
  6. disciplinate
  7. disciplinative
  8. disciplinatory
  9. discipline
  10. discipline-specific
  11. disciplined

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