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SUP'PLE, a.
SUP'PLE, v.t. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.
SUP'PLE, v.i. To become soft and pliant; as stones suppled into softness.
Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints;
supple fingers.
Yielding compliant; not obstinate;
submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse.
If punishment . . . makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender. Locke. Bending to the humor of others; flattering;
fawning; obsequious.
Addison.
Syn. -- Pliant; flexible; yielding; compliant; bending; flattering; fawning; soft. To make soft and pliant]
to render flexible; as, to supple leather.
The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep. Spenser. To make compliant, submissive, or
obedient.
A mother persisting till she had bent her daughter's mind and suppled her will. Locke. They should supple our stiff willfulness. Barrow. To become soft and
pliant.
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