Gent″le, v. t. 1. To make genteel; to raise from the vulgar; to ennoble. Shak.
2. To make smooth, cozy, or agreeable.
To gentle life's descent,
We shut our eyes, and think it is a plain. Young.
3. To make kind and docile, as a horse.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.