The Collaborative International Dictionary
Suppling
Supple \Sup"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suppled; p. pr. & vb. n. Suppling.]
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To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.
The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep.
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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.
Wiktionary
suppling
vb. (present participle of supple English)