DISPLE

Etymology

Verb

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

(obsolete) To discipline; to subject to discipline or punishment, especially for religious purposes.

Anagrams

• Spidle, diples, dispel, lisped, pleids, spiled

Source: Wiktionary


Dis"ple, v. t.

Definition: To discipline; to correct. [Obs.] And bitter Penance, with an iron whip, Was wont him once to disple every day. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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