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"Gentle" Definition

noun

Archaic One of good birth or relatively high station.
A person of gentle birth or status.

verb-transitive

To make less severe or intense: The peaceful sunset gentled her dreadful mood.
To raise to the status of a noble.
To soothe, as by stroking; pacify.
To tame or break (a domestic animal, for instance): gentle a horse.

verb

To raise from the commonalty .
To make .
To make (an animal) tame and docile.
To stroke soothingly .
To become gentle .

adjective

Archaic Noble; chivalrous: a gentle knight.
Considerate or kindly in disposition; amiable and tender.
Easily managed or handled; docile: a gentle horse.
Not harsh or severe; mild and soft: a gentle scolding; a gentle tapping at the window.
Not steep or sudden; gradual: a gentle incline.

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