supple
see also: Supple
Pronunciation Adjective
Supple
Proper noun
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see also: Supple
Pronunciation Adjective
supple (comparative suppler, superlative supplest)
- pliant, flexible, easy to bend
- lithe and agile when moving and bending
- supple joints; supple fingers
- compliant; yielding to the will of others
- a supple horse
- 1693, [John Locke], “§78”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], OCLC 1161614482 ↗:
- If punishment […] makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
- French: souple
- German: geschmeidig
- Spanish: flexible
- French: souple
- French: souple
- Italian: duttile, malleabile
supple (supples, present participle suppling; past and past participle suppled)
- (ambitransitive) To make or become supple.
- The stones […] suppled into softness as they fell.
- The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep.
- (transitive) To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
- 1693, [John Locke], “§78”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], OCLC 1161614482 ↗:
- a mother persisting till she had bent her daughter's mind and suppled her will
, Of contentment, patience and resignation to the will of God - They should supple our stiff wilfulness.
Supple
Proper noun
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