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COMPLIABLE
Etymology
Adjective
compliable (comparative more compliable, superlative most compliable)
Capable of bending or yielding, or willing to do so; compliant.
Antonyms
• (capable of bending or yielding): incompliable
Anagrams
• compilable
Source: Wiktionary
Com*pli"a*ble, a.
Definition: Capable of bending or yielding; apt to yield; compliant. Another compliable mind. Milton. The Jews . . . had made their religion compliable, and accemodated to their passions. Jortin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ELOQUENCE
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