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cheer, enchant, gratify, please, pleasure, tickle, brighten, delight, elate, hearten, warm,

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glad⋅den

[glad-n]

–verb (used with object)

1.	to make glad.

–verb (used without object)

2.	Obsolete. to be glad.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME; see glad ¹ , -en ¹

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Language Translation for : Gladden

Spanish:

alegrar, regocijar,

German:

erfreuen,

Japanese:

喜ばせる

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glad·den   (glād'n) Pronunciation Key
v.   glad·dened, glad·den·ing, glad·dens

v.   tr.
To make glad. See Synonyms at please.
v.   intr. Archaic
To be glad.

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gladden
verb
1.	make glad or happy [ant: sadden]
2.	become glad or happy [ant: sadden]

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Gladden, MO (township, FIPS 06527172)
Location: (37.461301, -91.525038)
Population (2000): 417 (201 housing units)
Area: 54.553313 sq mi (land), 0.000982 sq mi (water)

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Gladden

Glad"den\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gladdened; p. pr. & vb. n. Gladdening.] [See Glad, v. t.] To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate.

A secret pleasure gladdened all that saw him. --Addison.

Gladden

Glad"den\, v. i. To be or become glad; to rejoice.

The vast Pacific gladdens with the freight. --Wordsworth.