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<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Discide</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis*cide"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>discidere</ets>; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>caedere</ets> to cut.]</ety> <def>To divide; to cleave in two.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Disciferous</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis*cif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Disc-</ets> + <ets>-<ets>ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Bearing disks.</def>

<h1>Discifloral, Disciflorous</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw><hw>Dis`ci*flo"ral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dis`ci*flo"rous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Disk</er>, and <er>Floral</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Bearing the stamens on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of plants. Cf. <er>Calycifloral</er>.</def>

<h1>Disciform</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis"ci*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Discoid.</def>

<h1>Discina</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis*ci"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>discus</ets> disk, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of Branchiopoda, having a disklike shell, attached by one valve, which is perforated by the peduncle.</def>

<h1>Discinct</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis*cinct</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>discinctus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>discingere</ets> to ungird; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>cingere</ets> to gird.]</ety> <def>Ungirded; loosely dressed.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Discind</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis*cind"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>discindere</ets>; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>scindere</ets> to cut, split.]</ety> <def>To part; to divide.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Disciple</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis*ci"ple</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>disciple</ets>, <ets>deciple</ets>, OF. <ets>disciple</ets>, fr. L. <ets>discipulus</ets>, fr. <ets>discere</ets> to learn (akin to <ets>docere</ets> to teach; see <er>Docile</er>) + prob. a root meaning <ets>to turn</ets> or <ets>drive</ets>, as in L. <ets>pellere</ets> to drive (see <er>Pulse</er>).]</ety> <def>One who receives instruction from another; a scholar; a learner; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in the truth of the doctrine of his teacher; an adherent in doctrine; <as>as, the <ex>disciples</ex> of Plato; the <ex>disciples</ex> of our Savior.</as></def>

<cs><mcol><col>The disciples</col>, &or; <col>The twelve disciples</col></mcol>, <cd>the twelve selected companions of Jesus; -- also called <altname>the apostles</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Disciples of Christ</col>. <cd>See <er>Christian</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 3, and <er>Campbellite</er>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Learner; scholar; pupil; follower; adherent.</syn>

<h1>Disciple</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis*ci"ple</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Discipled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Discipling</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To teach; to train.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>That better were in virtues <b>discipled</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To punish; to discipline.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>