suppling
Webster's Dictionary (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. [1913 Webster]
The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]
2.To make compliant, submissive, or obedient. [1913 Webster]
A mother persisting till she had bent her daughter's mind and suppled her will.— Locke.[1913 Webster]
They should supple our stiff willfulness.— Barrow.[1913 Webster]