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sad⋅den

[sad-n]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to make or become sad.

Origin:
1590–1600; sad + -en 1


sad⋅den⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
sad·den   (sād'n)   
tr. & intr.v.   sad·dened, sad·den·ing, sad·dens
To make or become sad.

Sadden

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

Sadden

Sad"den\, v. i. To become, or be made, sad. --Tennyson.
Language Translation for : sadden
Spanish: entristecer(se),
German: betrüben,
Japanese: 悲しませる
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