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KJV Dictionary Definition: supple

supple

SUP'PLE, a.

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

2. Yielding; compliant; not obstinate.

If punishment--makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.

3. Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning.

4. That makes plaint; as supple government.

SUP'PLE, v.t. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.

1. To make compliant.

A mother persisting till she had suppled the will of her daughter.

SUP'PLE, v.i. To become soft and pliant; as stones suppled into softness.

suppled

SUP'PLED, pp. Made soft and plaint; made compliant.

suppleness

SUP'PLENESS, n. from supple. Pliancy; pliableness; flexibility; the quality of being easily bent; as the suppleness of the joints.

1. Readiness of compliance; the quality of easily yielding; facility; as the suppleness of the will.