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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Kinder | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for Kinder | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. [bd]Manners so kind, yet stately.[b8] --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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
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Kinder, LA (town, FIPS 39755) Location: 30.48647 N, 92.84866 W Population (1990): 2246 (902 housing units) Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70648 | |
