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.
© Webster 1913.