'Suppling' definitions:

Definition of 'Suppling'

From: GCIDE
  • Supple \Sup"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suppled (s[u^]p"p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Suppling (s[u^]p"pl[i^]ng).]
  • 1. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather. [1913 Webster]
  • The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make compliant, submissive, or obedient. [1913 Webster]
  • A mother persisting till she had bent her daughter's mind and suppled her will. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • They should supple our stiff willfulness. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]

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