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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
kind \kind\ kimacnd, a. compar. kinder kimacnd"~er;
   superl. kindest. as. cynde, gecynde, natural, innate,
   prop. an old p. p. from the root of e. kin. see kin
   kindred.
   1. characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature;
      natural; native. obs. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            it becometh sweeter than it should be, and loseth
            the kind taste.                       --holland.
      1913 webster

   2. having feelings befitting our common nature; congenial;
      sympathetic; as, a kind man; a kind heart.
      1913 webster

            yet was he kind, or if severe in aught,
            the love he bore to learning was his fault.
                                                  --goldsmith.
      1913 webster

   3. showing tenderness or goodness; disposed to do good and
      confer happiness; averse to hurting or paining;
      benevolent; benignant; gracious.
      1913 webster

            he is kind unto the unthankful and to evil. --luke
                                                  vi 35.
      1913 webster

            o cruel death, to those you take more kind
            than to the wretched mortals left behind. --waller.
      1913 webster

            a fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind. --garrick.
      1913 webster

   4. proceeding from, or characterized by, goodness,
      gentleness, or benevolence; as, a kind act. "manners so
      kind, yet stately." --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   5. gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in
      harness.

   syn: benevolent; benign; beneficent; bounteous; gracious;
        propitious; generous; forbearing; indulgent; tender;
        humane; compassionate; good; lenient; clement; mild;
        gentle; bland; obliging; friendly; amicable. see
        obliging.
        1913 webster
see also:
kinder kindest kin obliging 

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