Definition of supple

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Supple (v. t.) To make compliant, submissive, or obedient..

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Spencer :: Spencer (n.) A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802]..
Supplement :: Supplely (adv.) In a supple manner; softly; pliantly; mildly.
Counterpart :: Counterpart (n.) A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted to another thing, or which supplements it; that which serves to complete or complement anything; hence, a person or thing having qualities lacking in another; an opposite..
Supple :: Supple (v. t.) To make compliant, submissive, or obedient..
Supplement :: Supplement (v. t.) That which fills up, completes, or makes an addition to, something already organized, arranged, or set apart; specifically, a part added to, or issued as a continuation of, a book or paper, to make good its deficiencies or correct its errors..
Lissome :: Lissome (a.) Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome.
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..
Continuation :: Continuation (n.) That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on; as, the continuation of a story..
Suppling :: Suppled (imp. & p. p.) of Suppl.
Supplement :: Supplement (v. t.) That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply..
Suppletive :: Suppleness (n.) The quality or state of being supple; flexibility; pliableness; pliancy.
Schizomycetes :: Schizomycetes (n. pl.) An order of Schizophyta, including the so-called fission fungi, or bacteria. See Schizophyta, in the Supplement..
Ascititious :: Ascititious (a.) Supplemental; not inherent or original; adscititious; additional; assumed.
Mace :: Mace (n.) A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.
Supple :: Supple (a.) Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers..
Supplely :: Supple-jack (n.) A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem..
Uredo :: Uredo (n.) One of the stages in the life history of certain rusts (Uredinales), regarded at one time as a distinct genus. It is a summer stage preceding the teleutospore, or winter stage. See Uredinales, in the Supplement..
Flush :: Flush (a.) Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal..
Novel :: Novel (a.) A new or supplemental constitution. See the Note under Novel, a..
Tack :: Tack (v. t.) In parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to a bill; to append; -- often with on or to..
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