pliant, n.m., folding-stool, fold-stool.

plica, n.m., (med.). V. plique.

plicatile, adj., (bot.) plicate, twining.

pliciforme, adj., in the form of a fold.

plie, n.f., (ich.) plaice.

plié, -e, part., folded.

plié, n.m., bend of the knee in dancing.

pliement (plî-mān), n.m., act of folding.

plier, v.a., to fold, to fold up; to bend; to bring under. — une lettre; to fold a letter. — du linge; to fold up linen. — les voiles; to furl the sails. — bagage; to decamp, to pack or make off. — son esprit aux volontés d’autrui; to bend one’s mind, to yield to the will of others.

se plier, v.r., to be folded, bent; to bow, to bend. Je ne saurais me — à cela; I cannot stoop to that.