SUP'PLE, adjective 1. Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as supple joints; supple fingers. 2. Yielding; compliant; not obstinate. If punishment--makes not the will supple it hardens the offender. 3. Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning. 4. That makes plaint; as supple government. SUP'PLE, verb transitive To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather. 1. To make compliant. A mother persisting till she had suppled the will of her daughter. SUP'PLE, verb intransitive To become soft and pliant; as stones suppled into softness.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI