Dictionary entry

Disciple (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dis‐ci″ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Discipled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Discipling.] 1. To teach; to train.

That better were in virtues discipled. Spenser.

2. To punish; to discipline. B. Jonson.

3. To make disciples of; to convert to doctrines or principles.

Sending missionaries to disciple all nations. E. D. Griffin.