What is to become soft and pliant. The stones . . . Suppled into softness as they fell. Dryden called?
supple — To become soft and pliant. The stones . . . Suppled into softness as they fell. Dryden. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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