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supple
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Supple \Sup"ple\, v. i.
To become soft and pliant.
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The stones . . .
Suppled into softness as they fell. --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Supple \Sup"ple\ (s[u^]p"p'l), 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Yielding; compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse. [1913 Webster] If punishment . . . makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 3. Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Syn: Pliant; flexible; yielding; compliant; bending; flattering; fawning; soft. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Supple \Sup"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suppled (s[u^]p"p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Suppling (s[u^]p"pl[i^]ng).] 1. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather. [1913 Webster] The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To make compliant, submissive, or obedient. [1913 Webster] A mother persisting till she had bent her daughter's mind and suppled her will. --Locke. [1913 Webster] They should supple our stiff willfulness. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
