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单词 sadden
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saddenv.

Brit. /ˈsadn/, U.S. /ˈsæd(ə)n/
Forms: late Middle English– sadden, 1600s sadn- (inflected form).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sad adj., -en suffix5.
Etymology: < sad adj. + -en suffix5. Compare earlier sad v., sade v.With sense 3 compare earlier saddening n. and sad v. 1b.
1.
a. transitive. To harden; to make steadfast in faith, etc. Obsolete.
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the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > adhere constantly or steadfastly to [verb (transitive)]
to stand in ——a1382
abidea1393
saddena1500
to bide bya1513
to stick to ——?1531
to stout out1568
to make good1606
winter1608
buckle1793
maintain1819
a1500 (?a1400) Stanzaic Life of Christ (Harl. 2250) (1926) 10255 (MED) Softe þing he saddens securly be strengthe of kynd.
a1500 (?a1400) Stanzaic Life of Christ (Harl. 2250) (1926) 10067 (MED) God þo Holy Gost doun sent to sadden hom fully in þo fay, to drede no dethe ne tourment.
b. transitive. To make solid or firm; to press or beat down into a compact mass; to compress, make cohesive. Now Scottish and English regional.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > make dense or solid [verb (transitive)]
congealc1384
sadc1384
resolvea1398
thightc1440
condense1477
constipate1546
condensate1555
engross1561
indense1576
sadden1600
settle1611
densate1613
solidate1640
corporify1644
conspissate1647
consolidate1653
conglaciate1660
solidify1799
densify1820
1600 G. Plat in J. Worlidge Syst. Agric. (1669) 44 Also the roots of the Corn will spread better..if the ground be saddned a little in the bottom of every hole.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 80 Hee woulde have the water sattle away and the grownde somewhat saddened.
1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver xvii. 102 For your Lime after it is once Slacked, and Melted, it is of a very cold Nature; for it will sadden your Land exceedingly.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 73/1 Treading it [sc. Hay] is to sadden it down either in the Mow or Rick, &c.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 94 If Marle sadden Land, or make it stiff or binding, you must dung it well.
1785 T. Dwight Conquest of Canäan ii. 41 O'er plains, and hills, the chilling frost congeal'd; The snow tempestuous sadden'd all the field.
1813 T. Batchelor Gen. View Agric. Bedford. 342 (E.D.D.) The soil below will, instead of being brought up, be trampled and saddened.
1854 W. Gaskell Lect. Lancs. Dial. 9 People say of a mixture for a pudding, ‘sadden’ it a bit.
1904 J. P. Kirk in Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 198/2 [S. Nottingham] On light land if the soil een't sad enough, a should sadden it with a Croskill roll.
1928 in Sc. National Dict. (1971) VIII. 4/2 The bag's fu' noo' we'll sadden't.
1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 253/1 Yon storm we 'ed a Thursda saddened all them fields uv stuff.
c. intransitive. To become stiff or solid. Now rare.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > become (more) dense or solid [verb (intransitive)]
thicka1000
starkOE
congealc1400
starken?a1513
concrease1578
thicken1598
knit1605
condensate1607
fix1626
saddena1642
concretea1676
incrassate1733
solidify1837
consolidate1885
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 80 If there bee any winds aloft without raine, the grownd will sadden and the fields waxe dry.
1764 Museum Rusticum 1 xcii. 407 After which the ground began to sadden.
1764 E. Moxon Eng. Housewifery (new ed.) 117 Then take them off the fire and let them stand a little to sadden.
1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 107/1 Sadden,..to become firm and solid.
2. (The principal use.)
a. transitive. To cause to feel sorrow; to make unhappy. Also: to give a sad appearance to.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > make dejected [verb (transitive)]
drearya1300
discomfortc1325
batec1380
to cast downa1382
to throw downa1382
dullc1386
faintc1386
discomfita1425
discourage1436
sinkc1440
mischeera1450
discheerc1454
amatea1500
bedowa1522
damp1548
quail1548
dash1550
exanimate1552
afflict1561
dank1565
disanimate1565
sadden1565
languish1566
deject1581
dumpc1585
unheart1593
mope1596
chill1597
sour1600
disgallant1601
disheart1603
dishearten1606
fainten1620
depress1624
sullen1628
tristitiate1628
disliven1631
dampen1633
weigh1640
out-spirit1643
dispirit1647
flat1649
funeralize1654
hearta1658
disencourage1659
attrist1680
flatten1683
dismalizec1735
blue-devil1812
out-heart1845
downweigh1851
to get down1861
frigidize1868
languor1891
downcast1914
neg1987
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > be sorry or grieved at [verb (transitive)] > sadden or grieve
rueOE
grieve?c1225
teen1340
moana1425
contrist1490
sadden1565
sad1578
ensorrow1593
contristate1616
tristitiate1628
dolea1637
endolour1884
1565 W. Allen tr. St. Augustine in Def. & Declar. Doctr. Purgatory ii. ix. f. 203v Thowe must not sadden her soule by teares, but by oblations commende her to oure Lorde.
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. lviii. sig. S3v He smarts, and pines, and sadneth his incumbred soule.
1656 A. Burgess CXLV Expository Serm. cxlv. 698 The way that the devil takes thus to deject and sadden the hearts of the godly is two-fold.
1717 A. Pope Eloisa to Abelard in Wks. 425 Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene.
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. i. 10 With a heart saddened by disappointment.
1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 28 Its beauty was saddened by care and anxiety.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. xx. 326 Her round face much paled and saddened, since he had parted from it.
1884 Graphic 4 Oct. 358/2 It saddens me to enter a Government bureau at the present day.
1920 E. Wharton Let. 12 Dec. (1988) 434 I..am saddened to see that, in addressing Harvard students and the general reader in the U.S., he gives only books that have been translated into English.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 6/3 I was saddened to discover wreckers' hoardings surrounding the Royal Bank building.
2002 Cathedral Music Oct. 13/2 As a one-time traditionalist, I was initially saddened by the loss of so much of the prose of the Prayer Book.
b. intransitive. To become sad or gloomy. Also figurative.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > be or become dejected [verb (intransitive)]
heavyOE
fallOE
droopena1225
lourc1290
droopc1330
to abate one's countenance (also cheer)a1350
dullc1374
fainta1375
languora1375
languisha1382
afflicta1393
gloppen?a1400
weary1434
appalc1450
to have one's heart in one's boots (also shoes, heels, hose, etc.)c1450
peak1580
dumpc1585
mopea1592
sink1603
bate1607
deject1644
despond1655
alamort?1705
sadden1718
dismal1780
munge1790
mug1828
to get one's tail down1853
to have (also get) the pip1881
shadow1888
to have (one's) ass in a sling1960
1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiv. 558 Troy sadden'd at the View.
1744 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons (new ed.) 95 And Mecca saddens at the long Delay.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. xxi. 158 Her countenance saddened in a moment.
1796 S. T. Coleridge Effusion xxxv in Poems Var. Subj. 96 And watch the clouds, that late were rich with light, Slow sad'ning round.
1818 J. Keats What Thrush Said 12 He who saddens At thought of idleness cannot be idle.
1859 E. FitzGerald tr. Rubáiyát Omar Khayyám xxxix. 9 Better be merry with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit.
1953 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 53 586 His voice saddened for a moment when he said, ‘I hope Mom doesn't feel too badly about this.’
2001 Guardian (Nexis) 7 Aug. 8 Ask about the future, however, and her face saddens.
3. transitive. Chiefly Dyeing and Calico-printing. To tone down (colours) by the application of additives. Now rare.
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the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [verb (transitive)] > tone down
dilute1665
mellow1694
break1753
sadden1787
sober1843
degrade1844
disintensify1884
scumble1905
1787 J. Haigh Dyer's Assistant (new ed.) ix. 87 Soap and alkaline salts, such as ley of ashes, pot-ashes, lime, sadden reds; thus they serve to bring them to the shade required when too bright.
1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing II. ii. iii. v. 196 These substances however saddened the crimson colour and gave it less lustre than alum.
1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 231 In the application of paint,..to avoid unnecessarily mixing, or, as it is called, ‘troubling’, ‘saddening’, or ‘tormenting’ the tints.
1874 W. Crookes Pract. Handbk. Dyeing 53 For saddening olives, drabs, clarets, &c.,..it [sc. copperas] has been generally discarded in favour of a nitrate of iron.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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