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gentle
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"Gentle" Definition
noun
Archaic One of good birth or relatively high station
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Source:
American Heritage Dictionary
A person of gentle birth or status
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Source:
Merriam-Webster
adjective
Archaic Noble; chivalrous: a gentle knight
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Source:
American Heritage Dictionary
Considerate or kindly in disposition; amiable and tender
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Source:
American Heritage Dictionary
Easily managed or handled; docile: a gentle horse
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American Heritage Dictionary
Not harsh or severe; mild and soft: a gentle scolding; a gentle tapping at the window
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American Heritage Dictionary
Not steep or sudden; gradual: a gentle incline
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American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
To make less severe or intense: The peaceful sunset gentled her dreadful mood
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American Heritage Dictionary
To raise to the status of a noble
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American Heritage Dictionary
To soothe, as by stroking; pacify
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American Heritage Dictionary
To tame or break (a domestic animal, for instance): gentle a horse
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American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To raise from the commonalty
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Source:
Merriam-Webster
To make
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Source:
Merriam-Webster
To make (an animal) tame and docile
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Source:
Merriam-Webster
To stroke soothingly
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Source:
Merriam-Webster
To become gentle
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Source:
Merriam-Webster
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