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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sup·ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suppled p. pr. & vb. n. Suppling ]
 1. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.
    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.