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Webster 1913 Edition
Sadden
Sad′den
,Verb.
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.
Sad′den
,Verb.
I.
To become, or be made, sad.
Tennyson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sadden
SADDEN
,Verb.
T.
1.
To make sad or sorrowful; also, to make melancholy or gloomy.2.
To make dark colored. Obs.3.
To make heavy, firm or cohesive.Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it doth to clay lands. Obs.