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Webster 1913 Edition
Kind
Kind
(kīnd)
, Adj.
[
Com
par.
Kinder
(kīnd′ẽr)
; sup
erl.
Kindest
.] 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
The love he bore to learning was his fault.
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
Than to the wretched mortals left behind.
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;
“Manners so kind, yet stately.” as, a
. kind
actTennyson.
Syn. – Benevolent; benign; beneficent; bounteous; gracious; propitious; generous; forbearing; indulgent; tender; humane; compassionate; good; lenient; clement; mild; gentle; bland; obliging; friendly; amicable. See
Obliging
. 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
Are led by
kind t'
admire your fellow-creature. Dryden.
2.
Race; genus; species; generic class;
“Come of so low a kind.” as, in man
. kind
or humankind
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
That man and all the
kinds
be fed. Emerson.
3.
Sort; type; class; nature; style; character; fashion; manner; variety; description;
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
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.
Syn. – Sort; species; type; class; genus; nature; style; character; breed; set.
Webster 1828 Edition
Kind
KIND
, n.1.
Race; genus; generic class; as in mankind or humankind. In technical language, kind answers to genus.2.
Sort, in a sense more loose than genus; as, there are several kinds of eloquence and of style, many kinds of music, many kinds of government, various kinds of architecture or of painting, various kinds of soil, &c.3.
Particular nature; as laws most perfect in their kind.4.
Natural state; produce or commodity, as distinguished from money; as taxes paid in kind.5.
Nature; natural propensity or determination. Some of you, on pure instinct of nature,
Are led by kind t' admire your fellow creature.
6.
Manner; way. [Little used.]7.
Sort. He spoke with a kind of scorn or contempt.KIND
,Adj.
1.
Disposed to do good to others, and to make them happy by granting their requests, supplying their wants or assisting them in distress; having tenderness or goodness of nature; benevolent; benignant. God is kind to the unthankful, and to the evil. Luke 6.
Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted. Eph.4.
2.
Proceeding from tenderness or goodness of heart; benevolent; as a kind act; a kind return of favors.