Sad"den , v. i. To become, or be
made, sad.
Tennyson.
Sad"den (?), v. 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.
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