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▪ I. gladden, v.|ˈglæd(ə)n|
[f. glad a.; see -en suffix5 and cf. mod.Icel. glaðna to become bright. It seems doubtful whether the word was ever common in colloquial language.]
1. intr. To be glad; to rejoice. ? Obs.
The modern instances are not a continuation of the older use, but are derived from the trans. sense.
a1300E.E. Psalter xcvi. 8 Herd and fained es Syon, And gladeneden doghtres of Iude. 1801Bloomfield Rural T. (1802) 49 As we climb Hills and gladden as we climb. 1809Wordsw. ‘Advance—come forth’, That all the Alps may gladden in thy might. 1839Bailey Festus viii. (1848) 96 Purer powers Which do unseen surround us aye and gladden In human good.
2. trans. To make glad; to render joyous or bright.
1558–62T. Phaer æneid viii. C c j, Lyke Lucifer..al darknes he resolues, and gladneth skyes wt face deuyne. 1712Steele Spect. No. 270 ⁋1 Such beautiful Prospects gladden our Minds. 1791Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest i, Her heart was gladdened with complacent delight. 1820W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 105 A small pleasantry frankly uttered by a patron, gladdens the heart of the dependant. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. xxvii. 204 The sight of the little mansion has gladdened me. 1887Ruskin Præterita II. 265 [An orchard] which was gladdened..by flushes of almond and double peach blossom.
Hence ˈgladdened, ˈgladdening ppl. adjs. Also ˈgladdener, one who makes glad.
1728Pope Dunc. iii. 79 Thence to the south extend thy gladden'd eyes. 1729T. Cooke Tales, &c. 61 Welsted, envy'd Bard divine, And Hammond, glad'ning as the Day. 1815Byron ‘The Harp the Monarch Minstrel swept’ ii, It made our gladden'd valleys ring. 1837H. Martineau Soc. Amer. III. 168 He and many others have done this with gladdening success. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. xviii. 188 Crawl out and breathe in the gladdening air. 1879Butcher & Lang Odyss. 200 Circe..who charged me very straitly to shun the isle of Helios, the gladdener of the world. 1885Athenæum 20 June 790/2 O for the Spring, the pale, pure, gladdening Spring.
▪ II. gladden
var. gladdon. |