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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Kind

Kind, n.

noun

(72), n. [A-S. cynd. See KIND, a.]

Sense 1. Race; genus; generic class; especially, one fixed by the laws of nature; as, in man kind or human kind, “So near related, or the same of kind.” Milton.

She follows the law of her kind. Wordsworth.

Sense 2. Sort; nature; style; manner; character; as, there are several kinds of eloquence, of style, and of music, many kinds of government, various kinds of architecture, or of painting, various kinds of soil, &c.

How diversely Love doth his pageants play, And shows his power in variable kinds! Spenser.

Sense 3. Natural propensity or determination peculiar to a race or class; native character.

Some of you, on pure instinct of nature, Are led by kind to admire your fellow-creature. Dryden.

Sense 4. Manner; way. [Obs.] Bacon.

A kind of, something belonging to the class of; something like to;—said loosely or slightingly.—In kind, in produce, or some kind of commodity, as distinguished from the general representative of value, that is, money; directly, without being changed into money.

The tax on tillage was often levied in kind upon corn. Arbuthnot.

Kind, a.

adjective

(72), a. [compar. KINDER; superl. KINDEST.] [A-S. cynde, gecynde, natural, harmonious. See KIND and KIN, n.]

Sense 1. Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native. [Obs.]

It becometh sweeter than it should be, and loseth the kind taste. Holland.

Sense 2. Having feelings befitting a common nature; recognizing community of race; congenial; sympathetic; especially, 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 the 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.

Synonyms—Obliging; benevolent; benign; beneficent; bounteous; gracious; propitious; generous; indulgent; tender; humane; compassionate; good; lenient; clement; mild; gentle; bland; friendly; amicable; affectionate; loving. See OBLIGING.