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sadden |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sadden \Sad"den\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saddened}; p. pr & vb n. {Saddening}.] To make sad. Specifically: a To render heavy or cohesive. [Obs.] Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it doth to clay lands. --Mortimer. b To make dull- or sad-colored, as cloth. c To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful. Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene. --Pope. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sadden \Sad"den\, v. i. To become or be made sad. --Tennyson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sadden v 1: make unhappy; 'The news of her death saddened me' [syn: {sad}] [ant: {gladden}] 2: come to feel sad [ant: {gladden}]
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