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To live like a gentile or heathen. [Obs.] Milton.

In a gentle or hoble manner; frankly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and obtained from the gentian.

A tasteless, yellow, crystalline substance, obtained from the gentian; -- called also gentianin.

family or respectable birth, though not noble. British society is divided into nobility, gentry, and yeomanry, and families are either noble, gentle, or simple. Johnson's Cyc. The studies wherein our noble and gentle youth ought to bestow their time. Milton.

Having a kind or gentle disposition. Shak. -- Gen"tle-heart`ed*ness, n.

Persons of gentle or good family and breeding. Etym: [Generally in the United States in the plural form.] Shak.

One of gentle or refined manners; a well-bred man.

The qualities or condition of a gentleman. [R.] Thackeray.

Of, pertaining to, resembling, or becoming, a gentleman; well- behaved; courteous; polite.

The state of being gentlemanly; gentlemanly conduct or manners.

The carriage or quality of a gentleman.

An agreement binding only as a matter of honor; often, specif., such an agreement among the heads of industrial or merchantile enterprises, the terms of which could not be included and enforced in a legal contract.

The quality or state of being gentle, well-born, mild, benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners, disposition, etc.; mildness.

The deportment or conduct of a gentleman. [Obs.] Ascham.

Gentilesse; gentleness. [Obs.]

A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar. Bacon.

In a gentle manner. My mistress gently chides the fault I made. Dryden.

A native of Hindostan; a Hindoo. [Archaic]

Birth; condition; rank by birth. [Obs.] "Pride of gentrie." Chaucer. She conquers him by high almighty Jove, By knighthood, gentry, and sweet friendship's oath. Shak.