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Webster 1913 Edition

Disciple

Dis-ci′ple

,
Noun.
[OE.
disciple
,
deciple
, OF.
disciple
, fr. L.
discipulus
, fr.
discere
to learn (akin to
docere
to teach; see
Docile
) + prob. a root meaning
to turn
or
drive
, as in L.
pellere
to drive (see
Pulse
).]
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, the
disciples
of Plato; the
disciples
of our Savior.
Syn. – Learner; scholar; pupil; follower; adherent.

Dis-ci′ple

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Discipled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Discipling
.]
1.
To teach; to train.
[Obs.]
That better were in virtues
discipled
.
Spenser.
2.
To punish; to discipline.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
3.
To make disciples of; to convert to doctrines or principles.
[R.]
Sending missionaries to
disciple
all nations.
E. D. Griffin.

Webster 1828 Edition

Disciple

DISCIPLE

,
Noun.
[L., to learn.]
1.
A learner; a scholar; one who receives or professes to receive instruction from another; as the disciples of Plato.
2.
A follower; an adherent to the doctrines of another. Hence the constant attendants of Christ were called his disciples; and hence all Christians are called his disciples, as they profess to learn and receive his doctrines and precepts.

DISCIPLE

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To teach; to train, or bring up.
2.
To make disciples of; to convert to doctrines or principles.
This authority he employed in sending missionaries to disciple all nations.
3.
To punish; to discipline. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

Disciple

Disciple

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English

Noun

Disciple ‎(plural Disciples)

  1. Any of the followers of Jesus Christ.
  2. One of the twelve disciples of Jesus sent out as Apostles.

Translations

disciple

disciple

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English

Noun

disciple ‎(plural disciples)

  1. A person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others.
  2. An active follower or adherent of someone, or some philosophy etc.
    • Holy Bible, Matthew 9:10 (King James Version)
      And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
    • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
      By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.
  3. (Ireland) Miserable-looking creature of a man.

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Verb

disciple ‎(third-person singular simple present disciples, present participle discipling, simple past and past participle discipled)

  1. (religion, transitive) To convert (a person) into a disciple.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To train, educate, teach.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.i:
      fraile youth is oft to follie led, / Through false allurement of that pleasing baite, / That better were in vertues discipled […]

External links

  • disciple in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • disciple in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

French

Etymology

From Old French deciple, borrowed from Latin discipulus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /disipl(ə)/

Noun

disciple m ‎(plural disciples)

  1. disciple

Etymology

From Middle English disciple, discipul, from Old English discipul m ‎(“disciple; scholar”) and discipula f ‎(“female disciple”), both from Latin discipulus ‎(“a pupil, learner”), from discere ‎(“to learn”); akin to docere ‎(“to teach”). Later influenced or superceded in Middle English by Old French deciple.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈsaɪpəɫ/

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