gladden
(verb) become glad or happy
gladden, joy
(verb) make glad or happy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Gladden (plural Gladdens)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gladden is the 4846th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7271 individuals. Gladden is most common among White (59.18%) and Black/African American (35.13%) individuals.
• dangled
gladden (third-person singular simple present gladdens, present participle gladdening, simple past and past participle gladdened)
(transitive) To cause (something) to become more glad.
(intransitive, archaic) To become more glad in one's disposition.
• cheer, cheer up, gratify, please
• dangled
Source: Wiktionary
Glad"den, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gladdened; p. pr. & vb. n. Gladdening.] Etym: [See Glad, v. t.]
Definition: To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate. A secret pleasure gladdened all that saw him. Addison.
Glad"den, v. i.
Definition: To be or become glad; to rejoice. The vast Pacific gladdens with the freight. Wordsworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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