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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
doc·ile       [dos-uhl; Brit. doh-sahyl] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.easily managed or handled; tractable: a docile horse.
2.readily trained or taught; teachable.
[Origin: 1475–85; < L docilis readily taught, equiv. to doc(ére) to teach + -ilis -ile]

—Related forms
doc·ile·ly, adverb
do·cil·i·ty       [do-sil-i-tee, doh-] Pronunciation Key, noun

—Synonyms 1. manageable, malleable; obedient.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
doc·ile       (dŏs'əl, -īl')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Ready and willing to be taught; teachable.
  2. Yielding to supervision, direction, or management; tractable.


[Latin docilis, from docēre, to teach; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]

doc'ile·ly adv., do·cil'i·ty (dŏ-sĭl'ĭ-tē, dō-) n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
docile 
1483, from It. or Fr. docile, from L. docilis "easily taught," from docere "teach" (see doctor). Sense of "obedient, submissive" first recorded 1774.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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docile

adjective
1. willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation" [ant: obstinate] 
2. ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters" 
3. easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient" 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Docile

Doc"ile\, a. [L. docilis,fr. docere to teach; cf. Gr. ?, and L. discere to learn, Gr. ? learned, ? knowing: cf. F. docile. Cf. Doctor, Didactic, Disciple.]

1. Teachable; easy to teach; docible. [Obs.]

2. Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child.

The elephant is at once docible and docile. -- C. J. Smith.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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