disple

English

Etymology

Apparently a reduced form of discipline.

Verb

disple (third-person singular simple present disples, present participle displing, simple past and past participle displed)

  1. (obsolete) To discipline; to subject to discipline or punishment, especially for religious purposes.
    • 1590, Edmund Spendser, The Faerie Queene, I.x:
      And bitter Penance with an yron whip, / Was wont him once to disple euery day […]

Anagrams
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.