Saddening

Saddening
Sadden Sad"den, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saddened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Saddening}.] To make sad. Specifically: (a) To render heavy or cohesive. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it doth to clay lands. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster] (b) To make dull- or sad-colored, as cloth. (c) To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful. [1913 Webster]

Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene. --Pope. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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