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Gladden

//ˈɡlædn̩// name, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Verb
  1. 1
    To cause (something) to become more glad. transitive

    "A balmy night! and tho' the stars be dim, / Yet let us think upon the vernal showers / That gladden the green earth, and we shall find / A pleasure in the dimness of the stars."

  2. 2
    become glad or happy wordnet
  3. 3
    To become more glad in one's disposition. archaic, intransitive
  4. 4
    make glad or happy wordnet

Etymology

From glad + -en.

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