Dūc'tile, a.
a. [Lat. ductilis, from ducere, to lead; Fr. ductile, Pr. & Sp. ductil, Pg. ductivel, It. duttile.] 1. Easily led or drawn out; tractable; flexible; pliable; complying; obsequious; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people. Addison.
Forms their ductile minds To human virtues. Philips.
Sense 2. Capable of being drawn out into wire or threads.
Gold, as it is the purest, so it is the softest and most ductile of all metals. Dryden.