SADDENS

Verb

saddens

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sadden

Anagrams

• dadness, desands

Source: Wiktionary


SADDEN

Sad"den, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saddened; p. pr. & vb. n. Saddening.]

Definition: 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.

Sad"den, v. i.

Definition: To become, or be made, sad. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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