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English Dictionary: docile	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
docile adj willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation" Antonym(s): obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters" Synonym(s): docile, teachable easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient" Synonym(s): docile, gentle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.