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suppled |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Supple \Sup"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suppled}; p. pr & vb n. {Suppling}.] 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.
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