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