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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed;
- Example: "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"

2. ready and willing to be taught;
- Example: "docile pupils eager for instruction"
- Example: "teachable youngsters"
[syn: docile, teachable]

3. easily handled or managed;
- Example: "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient"
[syn: docile, gentle]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Docile \Doc"ile\, a. [L. docilis,fr. docere to teach; cf. Gr. ?,
   and L. discere to learn, Gr. ? learned, ? knowing: cf. F.
   docile. Cf. Doctor, Didactic, Disciple.]
   1. Teachable; easy to teach; docible. [Obs.]
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   2. Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a
      docile child.
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            The elephant is at once docible and docile. -- C. J.
                                                  Smith.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

docile
    adj 1: willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed;
           "the docile masses of an enslaved nation" [ant:
           obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate]
    2: ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for
       instruction"; "teachable youngsters" [syn: docile,
       teachable]
    3: easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and
       obedient" [syn: docile, gentle]