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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Kind \Kind\, v. t. [See {Kin}.] To beget. [Obs.] --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Kind \Kind\, a. [Compar. {Kinder}; 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. It becometh sweeter than it should be and loseth the kind taste. --Holland. 2. Having feelings befitting our common nature; congenial; sympathetic; as a kind man; a kind heart. Yet was he kind or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was his fault. --Goldsmith. 3. Showing tenderness or goodness; disposed to do good and confer happiness; averse to hurting or paining; benevolent; benignant; gracious. He is kind unto the unthankful and to evil. --Luke vi 35. O cruel Death, to those you take more kind Than to the wretched mortals left behind. --Waller. A fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind --Garrick. 4. Proceeding from or characterized by goodness, gentleness, or benevolence; as a kind act ``Manners so kind yet stately.'' --Tennyson. 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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Kind \Kind\, n. [OE. kinde, cunde, AS cynd. See {Kind}, a.] 1. Nature; natural instinct or disposition. [Obs.] He knew by kind and by no other lore. --Chaucer. Some of you on pure instinct of nature, Are led by kind t'admire your fellow-creature. --Dryden. 2. Race; genus; species; generic class; as in mankind or humankind. ``Come of so low a kind.'' --Chaucer. Every kind of beasts, and of birds. --James iii.7. She follows the law of her kind --Wordsworth. Here to sow the seed of bread, That man and all the kinds be fed. --Emerson. 3. Nature; style; character; sort; fashion; manner; variety; description; class; as there are several kinds of eloquence, of style, and of music; many kinds of government; various kinds of soil, etc How diversely Love doth his pageants play, And snows his power in variable kinds ! --Spenser. There is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. --I Cor. xv 39. Diogenes was asked in a kind of scorn: What was the matter that philosophers haunted rich men, and not rich men philosophers ? --Bacon. {A kind of}, something belonging to the class of something like to -- said loosely or slightingly. {In kind}, in the produce or designated commodity itself as distinguished from its value in money. Tax on tillage was often levied in kind upon corn. --Arbuthnot. Syn: Sort; species; class; genus; nature; style; character; breed; set From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: kind adj 1: having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter" [ant: {unkind}] 2: liberal; "kind words of praise" 3: conducive to comfort; beneficial; "the genial sunshine"; "a kind climate"; "hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet" [syn: {genial}] 4: expressing sympathy 5: characterized by mercy, and compassion; "compassionate toward disadvantaged people"; "kind to animals"; "a humane judge" [syn: {merciful}] 6: agreeable; "a dry climate kind to asthmatics" 7: helpful to other people; "helping an old lady with her bundles was his kind deed for the day" 8: tolerant and forgiving under provocation; "our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke" [syn: {tolerant}] 9: showing consideration and anticipation of needs "it was thoughtful of you to bring flowers"; "a neighbor showed thoughtful attention" [syn: {thoughtful}] 10: generously responsive; "good-hearted but inept efforts to help"; "take a kindly interest"; "a kindly gentleman"; "an openhearted gift to charity" [syn: {good-hearted}, {kindly}, {openhearted}] n : a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?" [syn: {sort}, {form}, {variety}]
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