SUPPLE

supple. (fr) supple, make soft, or gentle

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supple. Supple, a. pliant, flexible, limber, soft, fawning

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Sup″ple (sŭp″p'l), a. [[OE. souple, F. souple, from L. supplex suppliant, perhaps originally, being the knees. Cf. Supplicate.]] 1. 1. Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.
2. 2. Yielding; compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse.
If punishment . . . makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender. Locke. 3. 3. Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious. Addison.
Syn. — Pliant; flexible; yielding; compliant; bending; flattering; fawning; soft.