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adjective

Docile adj.

Teachable; easy to teach; docible. (Obs.)

Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child. "The elephant is at once docible and docile."

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Etymology of 'Docile'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Docile" Quotes from Famous Books

... with them, they will not dream of seeking it elsewhere. Mothers frequently deny their children any liberties. Like birds constantly confined to a cage, they no sooner find means of escape than off they go, never to return. In order to render them tame and docile when young, they should be permitted sometimes to take wing, but as their flight is weak, and closely watched, it is easy to retake them when they escape. Little flight gives them the habit of naturally ...

— The Autobiography of Madame Guyon • Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon

... moment did he give them to recuperate after he had scattered them before he rounded them up once more near the outer gate—but now they were docile and submissive. In pairs he ordered them to lift their unconscious comrades to their shoulders and bear them into the jungle, for Number Thirteen was setting out into the world with his grim tribe in search of his ...

— The Monster Men • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... mind, before she came to her uncle's home, to be contented and happy there; and she was surprised to find that she liked her new residence very much. Her aunt was by no means the person her former experience had taught her to believe she was. Fanny was docile and obedient, and Mrs. Grant was no longer unjust and tyrannical. They agreed together remarkably well, and during the short period they were permitted to be together, no hard thoughts existed, and no harsh words passed ...

— Hope and Have - or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians, A Story for Young People • Oliver Optic

... docile-looking fellow patronizingly by the arm, led him forward, and chaired him on a large cylinder-head, in the rough, just hatched ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 • Various

... AND FRIEND,—I was charmed to learn by your Letter that my affairs are on so good a footing [Papa so well satisfied with my professions of obedience]; and you may depend on it I am docile to follow your advice. I will lend myself to whatever is possible for me; and provided I can secure the King's favor by my obedience, I will do all that is ...

— History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. IX. (of XXI.) • Thomas Carlyle

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