gentled
SayJEN-tuhldUS/ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩d/UK/ˈdʒɛntl̩d/
- 1Simple past and past participle of gentle.
The rancher gentled each colt by hand over the course of several weeks.
Every wild pony brought to the farm was gentled before it could be sold.
Note
A regular past form that carries every sense of the verb behind it. With an object it means tamed or soothed, as with a colt gentled by hand, and it sits easily in the passive (the ponies were gentled). Without an object it means grew gentle. In older writing, watch for an obsolete sense: to be gentled could mean to be ennobled, raised in rank rather than calmed.
gentled is a form of gentle
gentle, verb: To soothe or calm someone, or to make something milder. Full entry
- Spelling
- gentle → gentled: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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