v. t.
n. Flax. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. flexanimus; flectere, flexum, to bend + animus mind. ] Having power to change the mind. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. flexibilitas: cf. F. flexibilite. ] The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability;
All the flexibility of a veteran courtier. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. flexibilis: cf. F. flexible. ]
When the splitting wind
Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. Rogers.
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a. [ L. flexus bent + E. costate. ] (Anat.) Having bent or curved ribs. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. flexilis. ] Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. flexio: cf. F. flexion. ]
Express the syntactical relations by flexion. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ NL. ] (Anat.) A muscle which bends or flexes any part;