Gentle

Gentle - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

GEN'TLE, a. [See Genteel.] Well born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble; as the studies of noble and gentle youth; gentle blood.

1. Mild; meek; soft; bland; not rough, harsh or severe; as a gentle nature, temper or disposition; a gentle manner; a gentle address; a gentle voice. 1 Th 27. 2 Tim 2.

2. Tame; peaceable; not wild, turbulent or refractory; as a gentle horse or beast.

3. Soothing; pacific.

4. Treating with mildness; not violent.

A gentle hand may lead the elephant with a hair.

GEN'TLE, n. A gentleman.

1. A kind of worm.

GEN'TLE, v.t. To make genteel; to raise from the vulgar.