Definition of Supple

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(v. t.)
To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.
  

(v. t.)
To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
  

(v. i.)
To become soft and pliant.
  

(a.)
Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse.
  

(a.)
Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.
  

(a.)
Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious.
  

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supple
\sup"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. suppled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. suppling (?).]
1. to make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather. the flesh therewith she suppled and did steep.
2. to make compliant, submissive, or obedient. a mother persisting till she had bent her daughter's mind and suppled her will. they should supple our stiff willfulness.
supple
\sup"ple\, v. i. to become soft and pliant. the stones suppled into softness as they fell.
supple
\sup"ple\ (?), a. [oe. souple, f. souple, from l. supplex suppliant, perhaps originally, being the knees. cf. supplicate.] 1. pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.
2. yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse. if punishment makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
3. bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious.

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Easily bent.

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Verb
1. make pliant and flexible; "These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use"
(hypernym) change, alter, modify

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Adjective
1. gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease
(synonym) lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, svelte, sylphlike
(similar) graceful
2. (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination"
(synonym) limber
(similar) flexible
3. (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
(synonym) limber
(similar) flexible, flexile

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