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gladden Definition

glad·den (glad'n)

transitive verb

to make glad

Etymology: < glad + -en

intransitive verb

Archaic to be or become glad

gladden Synonyms

gladden

v.

gladden Usage Examples

Object

  • heart: He has seated you in a sacred dwelling amid their pure divine powers which gladden the heart.
  • eye: You will find many other things to gladden the eye and lift the spirit.
  • life: You don't go around using a word like ' gladdens ' : ' Maths gladdens life!

Subject

vision: Peter was gladdened by the vision of a glory in Moses and Elias, tho it was all beyond him.

Infinitive complement

see: Back on site we were gladdened to see that nothing had changed, except for the weather.

Modifying Another Word

really: I'm really gladdened that Spellbound manages, without really trying to, to represent the amazing diversity at the bee.

Preposition: by

vision: Peter was gladdened by the vision of a glory in Moses and Elias, tho it was all beyond him.

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