Suppling

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Supple \Sup"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suppled} (s[u^]p"p'ld);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Suppling} (s[u^]p"pl[i^]ng).]
     1. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple
        leather.
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              The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
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              A mother persisting till she had bent her daughter's
              mind and suppled her will.            --Locke.
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              They should supple our stiff willfulness. --Barrow.
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