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glad·den       [glad-n] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to make glad.
–verb (used without object)
2.Obsolete. to be glad.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME; see glad1, -en1]

glad·den·er, noun

1. See cheer.
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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

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.

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Gladden

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

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

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