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Definition of Pliant

Pliant
Pliant Pli"ant, a. [F. pliant, p. pr. of plier to bend. See Ply, v.] 1. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart. The will was then ductile and pliant to right reason. --South. 2. Favorable to pliancy. [R.] ``A pliant hour.' --Shak. -- Pli"ant*ly, adv. -- Pli"ant*ness, n.

Meaning of Pliant from wikipedia

- original shape. Cartilage is one material that a pliant skeleton may be composed of, but most pliant skeletons are formed from a mixture of proteins,...
- Look up flexibility in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Flexibility may refer to: Flexibility, the ability of a material to deform elastically and return...
- Discouraged borderline (Including avoidant, depressive, and dependant features) Pliant, submissive, loyal, humble; feels vulnerable and in constant jeopardy; feels...
- In July 2006, SanDisk acquired M-Systems. In May 2011, SanDisk acquired Pliant Technology, a manufacturer of solid state drives, for US$327 million. In...
- were also made to "retrain" the eight-year-old Louis XVII, to make him pliant to revolutionary ideas. To carry this out, Louis Charles was separated from...
- liquor both as an actual medium of exchange, and in order to render them pliant and easily cheated. The pattern was so firmly established that it was difficult...
- according to The Federalist No. 43, designed to establish a balance between pliancy and rigidity:[betterĀ sourceĀ needed] It guards equally against that extreme...
- Stratford-upon-Avon / Garrick Theatre, London 2016 The Alchemist Dame Pliant Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Ricky Whittington and His Cat Mrs Hickerty...
- "swindle" the poor and unleash the "gangrene of avarice." Desiring "a more pliant president than Adams," Hamilton maneuvered to tip the election to Pinckney...
- has reached the ninth level of this schema they achieve what is termed "pliancy" (Tib. shin tu sbyangs pa, Skt. prasrabdhi), defined as "a serviceability...