To soothe; to calm; to make gentle.
To break; to tame; to domesticate.
To become gentle.
Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
Polite and respectful rather than rude.
Gradual rather than steep or sudden.
Docile and easily managed.
A trained falcon, or falcon-gentil.
A maggot used as bait by anglers.
To make grim; to give a stern or forbidding aspect to.
Rigid and unrelenting.
Ghastly or sinister.
Disgusting; gross.
Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.