supple

[Sup·ple]

Something or someone that is supple bends and moves easily, like a contortionist at a circus sideshow. If you can wrap your legs around your neck, you most likely have a supple body.

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Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.

Verb
make pliant and flexible; "These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use"

Adjective S.
(used of persons'' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely

Adjective S.
(used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination"

Adjective S.
gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease

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

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

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

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.

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. Addison. Syn. -- Pliant; flexible; yielding; compliant; bending; flattering; fawning; soft.

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.

Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.

To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.

To become soft and pliant.

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Usage Examples

Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer.

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