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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Docile \Doc"ile\, a. [L. docilis,fr. docere to teach; cf Gr ?, and L. discere to learn, Gr ? learned, ? knowing: cf F. docile. Cf {Doctor}, {Didactic}, {Disciple}.] 1. Teachable; easy to teach; docible. [Obs.] 2. Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as a docile child. The elephant is at once docible and docile. -- C. J. Smith. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: docile adj 1: willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation" [ant: {stubborn}] 2: ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters" [syn: {teachable}] 3: easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient" [syn: {gentle}]
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