Definition of supple

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Supple (v. t.) To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather..

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Suppletive :: Suppleness (n.) The quality or state of being supple; flexibility; pliableness; pliancy.
Supplyment :: Supplyant (a.) Supplying or aiding; auxiliary; suppletory.
Adscititious :: Adscititious (a.) Supplemental; additional; adventitious; ascititious.
Supple :: Supple (v. t.) To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather..
Supplement :: Supplementing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supplemen.
Mace :: Mace (n.) A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.
Supplementary :: Supplemental (a.) Alt. of Supplementar.
Supple :: Supple (a.) Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse..
Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A supplementary sail. See Dandy, n., 2 (b)..
Appendix :: Appendix (n.) Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and correct inaccuracies..
Supplementing :: Supplemented (imp. & p. p.) of Supplemen.
False :: False (superl.) Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental..
Supplemented :: Supplement (v. t.) The number of degrees which, if added to a specified arc, make it 180¡; the quantity by which an arc or an angle falls short of 180 degrees, or an arc falls short of a semicircle..
Supple-chapped :: Supple (v. i.) To become soft and pliant.
Calade :: Calade (n.) A slope or declivity in a manege ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to his haunches..
Purana :: Purana (n.) One of a class of sacred Hindoo poetical works in the Sanskrit language which treat of the creation, destruction, and renovation of worlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and heroes, the reigns of the Manus, and the transactions of their descendants. The principal Puranas are eighteen in number, and there are the same number of supplementary books called Upa Puranas..
Appendaged :: Appendaged (a.) Furnished with, or supplemented by, an appendage..
Continuation :: Continuation (n.) That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on; as, the continuation of a story..
Suppletory :: Suppletories (pl. ) of Suppletor.
Schizomycetes :: Schizomycetes (n. pl.) An order of Schizophyta, including the so-called fission fungi, or bacteria. See Schizophyta, in the Supplement..
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