Supple

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather. The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep. Spenser.

2. To make compliant, submissive, or obedient. A mother persisting till she had bent her daughter's mind and suppled her will. Locke. They should supple our stiff willfulness. Barrow.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To become soft and pliant. The stones . . . Suppled into softness as they fell. Dryden.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

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. Locke.

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

Synonyms: Pliant; flexible; yielding; compliant; bending; flattering; fawning; soft.