Mildest

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mild \Mild\ (m[imac]ld), a. [Compar. {Milder}; superl.
     {Mildest}.] [AS. milde; akin to OS. mildi, D. & G. mild, OHG.
     milti, Icel. mildr, Sw. & Dan. mild, Goth. milds; cf. Lith.
     melas dear, Gr. ? gladdening gifts.]
     Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence, moderate
     in degree or quality; -- the opposite of harsh, severe,


     irritating, violent, disagreeable, etc.; -- applied to
     persons and things; as, a mild disposition; a mild eye; a
     mild air; a mild medicine; a mild insanity.
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           The rosy morn resigns her light
           And milder glory to the noon.            --Waller.
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           Adore him as a mild and merciful Being.  --Rogers.
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     {Mild steel}, or {Low steel}, steel that has but little
        carbon in it and is not readily hardened.
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     Syn: Soft; gentle; bland; calm; tranquil; soothing; pleasant;
          placid; meek; kind; tender; indulgent; clement;
          mollifying; lenitive; assuasive. See {Gentle}.
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