adj.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: sup · pled ; sup · pling \ -p( ə -)li ŋ \
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 : to make pacific or complaisant < supple the tempers of your race ― Laurence Sterne>
2 : to alleviate with a salve
3 : to make flexible or pliant
intransitive verb : to become soft and pliant