gladdenv.
/ˈɡlad(ə)n/ 1. intransitive. To be glad; to rejoice. ? Obsolete.The modern instances are not a continuation of the older use, but are derived from the transitive sense.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > rejoice or exult [verb (intransitive)]
fainc888
blissc897
gladc950
hightOE
spilea1000
make mirthc1225
playc1225
gladdena1300
to make joyc1300
joisec1320
joya1325
rejoyc1350
enjoyc1380
to be joyeda1382
mirtha1400
gloryc1400
rejoicec1405
enjoysec1470
triumph1535
exult1593
to take joya1616
gratify1811
tripudiate1891
kvell1940
a1300 E.E. Psalter xcvi. 8 Herd and fained es Syon, And gladeneden doghtres of Iude.
1802 R. Bloomfield Rural Tales 46 As we climb Hills and gladden as we climb.
1809 W. Wordsworth Advance—come Forth That all the Alps may gladden in thy might.
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 121 Purer powers Which do unseen surround us aye and gladden In human good.
2. transitive. To make glad; to render joyous or bright.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > quality of causing joy or delight > make joyful or delighted [verb (transitive)]
blissa1000
faina1300
joy1303
delighta1382
rejoya1393
forblissa1400
gleea1400
rejoicec1425
blymc1440
delect1510
take?1553
gladden1558
oblectate1611
beglada1617
deliciate1633
delectate1647
to set (a person) cock-a-hoop1652
1558–62 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid viii. sig. Cc.j Lyke Lucifer..al darknes he resolues, and gladneth skyes wt face deuyne.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 270. ⁋1 Such beautiful Prospects gladden our Minds.
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. i. 32 Her heart was gladdened with complacent delight.
1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 105 A small pleasantry frankly uttered by a patron, gladdens the heart of the dependant.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvii. 204 The sight of the little mansion has gladdened me.
1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. viii. 265 [An orchard] which was gladdened..by flushes of almond and double peach blossom.
Derivatives
ˈgladdened adj.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective]
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gladlyc1000
golikc1175
gladful?c1225
joyfulc1290
joyousc1315
merryc1380
well begonea1425
frikec1430
rejoiced1533
delightful1534
rejoiceful1538
blitheful1559
gladded1569
blithelike1570
delighted1581
lighted1596
delighting1601
joyed1640
enjoying1651
gladdened1729
glad1799
like (or proud as) a dog with two tails1829
joyant1834
bird-blithe1917
gassed1941
enthralled1944
1729 A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) iii. 71 Thence to the South extend thy gladden'd eyes.
1815 Ld. Byron Harp Monarch Minstrel ii It made our gladden'd valleys ring.
ˈgladdening adj.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > quality of causing joy or delight > [adjective]
hightlyOE
delitec1225
joyful1297
delightablec1300
delicatea1382
gladsomec1386
gladdingc1394
delightfula1400
deliciousc1400
delectablec1415
delighting?a1425
delitousa1425
ravishingc1430
joyous1475
delightsomec1484
wealthlya1500
delectary?c1500
sunny1565
sunshine1594
delighted1595
heartsome1596
joysome1616
gladdening1729
scrum1877
heartthrob1907
dilly1909
delish1915
zip-a-dee-doo-dah1945
1729 T. Cooke Tales 61 Welsted, envy'd Bard divine, And Hammond, glad'ning as the Day.
1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 168 He and many others have done this with gladdening success.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xviii. 188 Crawl out and breathe in the gladdening air.
1885 Athenæum 20 June 790/2 O for the Spring, the pale, pure, gladdening Spring.
ˈgladdener n. one who makes glad.
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1879 S. H. Butcher & A. Lang tr. Homer Odyssey 200 Circe..who charged me very straitly to shun the isle of Helios, the gladdener of the world.
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