資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.