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pliant
(mass) | pliant
- mäkký |
pliant
(encz) | pliant,měkký adj: Martin M. |
pliant
(encz) | pliant,ohebný adj: Josef |
pliant
(encz) | pliant,plastický adj: Martin M. |
pliant
(encz) | pliant,poddajný adj: Martin M. |
pliant
(encz) | pliant,pružný adj: Josef |
pliant
(encz) | pliant,přizpůsobivý adj: Martin M. |
pliant
(encz) | pliant,tvárný adj: Martin M. |
pliant
(encz) | pliant,vláčný adj: Martin M. |
Pliant
(gcide) | 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.
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The will was then ductile and pliant to right
reason. --South.
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2. Favorable to pliancy. [R.] "A pliant hour." --Shak. --
Pli"ant*ly, adv. -- Pli"ant*ness, n.
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pliant
(wn) | pliant
adj 1: capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds
of children"; "a pliant nature" [syn: plastic,
pliant]
2: capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile
copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the
leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of
highly tensile steel alloy" [syn: ductile, malleable,
pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile]
3: able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable
person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a
contract" [syn: elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant]
4: capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking;
"a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" [syn: bendable,
pliable, pliant, waxy] |
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compliant
(encz) | compliant,ochotný adj: Zdeněk Brožcompliant,povolný adj: Zdeněk Brožcompliant,svolný adj: Zdeněk Brožcompliant,vyhovující adj: parkmaj |
compliantly
(encz) | compliantly, |
noncompliant
(encz) | noncompliant, n: |
pliantly
(encz) | pliantly, adv: |
pliantness
(encz) | pliantness, n: |
suppliant
(encz) | suppliant,uctivý žadatel Zdeněk Brožsuppliant,žadonící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
y2k compliant
(encz) | Y2K compliant,funkční i po roce 2000 n: Milan Svoboda |
Compliant
(gcide) | Compliant \Com*pli"ant\, a.
Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive. "The compliant
boughs." --Milton.
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compliant vs defiant
(gcide) | complying \complying\ adj.
pr. p. of comply. [Narrower terms: {compliant (vs.
defiant)}]
Syn: obliging, yielding.
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Compliantly
(gcide) | Compliantly \Com*pli"ant*ly\, adv.
In a compliant manner.
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Incompliant
(gcide) | Incompliant \In`com*pli"ant\, a.
Not compliant; unyielding to request, solicitation, or
command; stubborn. -- In`com*pli"ant*ly, adv.
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Incompliantly
(gcide) | Incompliant \In`com*pli"ant\, a.
Not compliant; unyielding to request, solicitation, or
command; stubborn. -- In`com*pli"ant*ly, adv.
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Pliant
(gcide) | 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.
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The will was then ductile and pliant to right
reason. --South.
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2. Favorable to pliancy. [R.] "A pliant hour." --Shak. --
Pli"ant*ly, adv. -- Pli"ant*ness, n.
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Pliantly
(gcide) | 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.
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The will was then ductile and pliant to right
reason. --South.
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2. Favorable to pliancy. [R.] "A pliant hour." --Shak. --
Pli"ant*ly, adv. -- Pli"ant*ness, n.
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Pliantness
(gcide) | 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.
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The will was then ductile and pliant to right
reason. --South.
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2. Favorable to pliancy. [R.] "A pliant hour." --Shak. --
Pli"ant*ly, adv. -- Pli"ant*ness, n.
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Suppliant
(gcide) | Suppliant \Sup"pli*ant\, n.
One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats
submissively.
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Hear thy suppliant's prayer. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]Suppliant \Sup"pli*ant\, a. [F., p. pr. of supplier to entreat,
L. supplicare. See Supplicate, and cf. Supplicant.]
1. Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching;
supplicating.
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The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud.
--Dryden.
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2. Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication.
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To bow and sue for grace
With suppliant knee. --Milton.
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Syn: Entreating; beseeching; suing; begging; supplicating;
imploring.
[1913 Webster] -- Sup"pli*ant*ly, adv. --
Sup"pli*ant*ness, n.
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Suppliantly
(gcide) | Suppliant \Sup"pli*ant\, a. [F., p. pr. of supplier to entreat,
L. supplicare. See Supplicate, and cf. Supplicant.]
1. Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching;
supplicating.
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The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud.
--Dryden.
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2. Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication.
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To bow and sue for grace
With suppliant knee. --Milton.
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Syn: Entreating; beseeching; suing; begging; supplicating;
imploring.
[1913 Webster] -- Sup"pli*ant*ly, adv. --
Sup"pli*ant*ness, n.
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Suppliantness
(gcide) | Suppliant \Sup"pli*ant\, a. [F., p. pr. of supplier to entreat,
L. supplicare. See Supplicate, and cf. Supplicant.]
1. Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching;
supplicating.
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The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud.
--Dryden.
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2. Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication.
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To bow and sue for grace
With suppliant knee. --Milton.
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Syn: Entreating; beseeching; suing; begging; supplicating;
imploring.
[1913 Webster] -- Sup"pli*ant*ly, adv. --
Sup"pli*ant*ness, n.
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Uncompliant
(gcide) | Uncompliant \Uncompliant\
See compliant. |
Unpliant
(gcide) | Unpliant \Unpliant\
See pliant. |
year 2000 compliant
(gcide) | year 2000 compliant \year 2000 compliant\, a. (Computers)
having dates fully and properly represented, and not
susceptible to failure due to the year 2000 bug.
Syn: date compliant. [PJC] |
compliant
(wn) | compliant
adj 1: disposed or willing to comply; "children compliant with
the parental will" [ant: defiant, noncompliant] |
noncompliant
(wn) | noncompliant
adj 1: boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought
up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude"
[syn: defiant, noncompliant] [ant: compliant]
n 1: a person who refuses to comply [syn: balker, baulker,
noncompliant] |
pliantness
(wn) | pliantness
n 1: the property of being pliant and flexible [syn: pliancy,
pliantness, suppleness]
2: adaptability of mind or character; "he was valued for his
reliability and pliability"; "he increased the leanness and
suppleness of the organization" [syn: pliability,
pliancy, pliantness, suppleness] |
suppliant
(wn) | suppliant
adj 1: humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking
forgiveness" [syn: suppliant, supplicant,
supplicatory]
n 1: one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her
favors" [syn: petitioner, suppliant, supplicant,
requester] |
y2k compliant
(wn) | Y2K compliant
adj 1: prepared to accurately process date and time data between
and into the 20th and 21st centuries |
404 compliant
(jargon) | 404 compliant
adj.
The status of a website which has been completely removed, usually by the
administrators of the hosting site as a result of net abuse by the website
operators. The term is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the standard “301
compliant” Murkowski Bill disclaimer used by spammers. See also: spam, {
spamvertize}.
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buzzword-compliant
(jargon) | buzzword-compliant
[also buzzword-enabled] Used (disparagingly) of products that seem to have
been specified to incorporate all of this month's trendy technologies. Key
buzzwords that often show up in buzzword-compliant specifications as of
2001 include ‘XML’, ‘Java’, ‘peer-to-peer’, ‘distributed’, and ‘open’.
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REPLIANT
(bouvier) | REPLIANT. One who makes a replication.
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