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<h1>Docetic</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Do*cet"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, held by, or like, the Docet\'91.</def> "<i>Docetic</i> Gnosticism."

<i> Plumptre.</i>

<h1>Docetism</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Doc"e*tism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>The doctrine of the Docet\'91.</def>

<h1>Dochmiac</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Doch"mi*ac</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or containing, the dochmius.</def>

<h1>Dochmius</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Doch"mi*us</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <def>A foot of five syllables (usually <?/ -- -<?/ -).</def>

<h1>Docibility, Docibleness</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw><hw>Doc`i*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Doc"i*ble*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>docibilitas</ets>.]</ety> <def>Aptness for being taught; teachableness; docility.</def>

<blockquote>To persons of <b>docibility</b>, the real character may be easily taught in a few days.

<i>Boyle.</i>

<blockquote>The <b>docibleness</b> of dogs in general. <i>Walton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Docible</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Doc"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>docibilis</ets>, fr. <ets>docere</ets> to teach.]</ety> <def>Easily taught or managed; teachable.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Docile</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Doc"ile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>docilis</ets>,fr. <ets>docere</ets> to teach; cf. Gr. <?/, and L. <ets>discere</ets> to learn, Gr. <?/ learned, <?/ knowing: cf. F. <ets>docile</ets>. Cf. <er>Doctor</er>, <er>Didactic</er>, <er>Disciple</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Teachable; easy to teach; docible.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; <as>as, a <ex>docile</ex> child</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The elephant is at once docible and <b>docile</b>. <i> C. J. Smith.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Docility</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Do*cil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>docilitas</ets>, fr. <ets>docilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>docilit\'82</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>teachableness; aptness for being taught; docibleness.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Willingness to be taught; tractableness.</def>

<blockquote>The humble <b>docility</b> of little children is, in the New Testament, represented as a necessary preparative to the reception of the Christian faith. <i> Beattie.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Docimacy</h1> <Xpage=440>