What is unwilling to cause pain; gentle; mild. You, that are thus so tender o'er his follies, Will never do him good. Shak called?
tender — Unwilling to cause pain; gentle; mild. You, that are thus so tender o'er his follies, Will never do him good. Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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