Defn: To beget. [Obs.] Spenser.
KINDERGARTEN Kin"der*gar`ten, n. Etym: [G., lit., children's garden; kinder (pl. of kind child, akin to E. kin kindred) + garten garden.]
Defn: A school for young children, conducted on the theory that education should be begun by gratifying and cultivating the normal aptitude for exercise, play, observation, imitation, and construction; — a name given by Friedrich Froebel, a German educator, who introduced this method of training, in rooms opening on a garden.
KINDERGARTNER
Kin"der*gart`ner, n.
Defn: One who teaches in a kindergarten.
KIND-HEARTED
Kind"-heart`ed, a.
Defn: Having kindness of nature; sympathetic; characterized by a humane disposition; as, a kind-hearted landlord. To thy self at least kind-hearted prove. Shak.
KIND-HEARTEDNESS
Kind"-heart`ed*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being kind-hearted; benevolence.
KINDLE
Kin"dle, v. t. & i. Etym: [OE. kindlen, cundlen. See Kind.]