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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ductile \Duc"tile\, a. [L. ductilis, fr. ducere to lead: cf. F.
ductile. See {Duct}.]
1. Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives,
persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people.
--Addison.
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Forms their ductile minds
To human virtues. --Philips.
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2. Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or
threads.
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Gold . . . is the softest and most ductile of all
metals. --Dryden.
-- {Duc"tile*ly}, adv. -- {Duc"tile*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ductile
adj 1: easily influenced [syn: {ductile}, {malleable}]
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}]
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