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.
Syn: Pliant; flexible; yielding; compliant; bending;
flattering; fawning; soft.
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.
The stones . . . Suppled into softness as they fell.
--Dryden.