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gladdening

[glad-n]

glad·den

[glad-n]
verb (used with object)
1.
to make glad.
verb (used without object)
2.
Obsolete. to be glad.

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Gladdening is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English; see glad1, -en1

glad·den·er, noun
un·glad·den, verb (used with object)


1. See cheer.

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