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Webster 1913 Edition

Docile

Doc′ile

,
Adj.
[L.
docilis
,fr.
docere
to teach; cf. Gr. [GREEK], and L.
discere
to learn, Gr. [GREEK] learned, [GREEK] 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 1828 Edition

Docile

DOCILE

,
Adj.
[L., to teach. See Teach.] Teachable; easily instructed; ready to learn; tractable; easily managed. Some children are far more docile than others. Dogs are more docile than many other animals.

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