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supples

supples is the third-person singular simple present indicative of supple.

Meaning of supple

Verb

supple (third-person singular simple present supples, present participle suppling, simple past and past participle suppled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become supple.
    • The flesh therewith she suppled and did steepe1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 33
  2. (transitive) To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
    • They should supple our stiff wilfulness.a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of contentment, patience and resignation to the will of God

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Proper noun capitalized: Supples

Supples

  1. (plural) plural of Supple

Questions about supples

What is supples the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Supples is the third-person singular simple present indicative of supple.
What part of speech is supples?
Supples is a proper noun.

Words near supples in the dictionary

  1. supplementive clauses
  2. supplements
  3. suppleness
  4. supplenesses
  5. suppler
  6. supples
  7. supplest
  8. supplete
  9. suppleted
  10. suppletes
  11. suppleting

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