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Definition of 'sadden'English
Verb
( en-verb)
to make sad or unhappy
* (Alexander Pope)
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* |chapter=7
|title= The Mirror and the Lamp
|passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
(rare) to become sad or unhappy
* {{quote-book|year=1999|author=Mary Ann Mitchell|title=Drawn To The Grave citation
|passage=Hyacinth perfume tickled her senses, making her feel giddy, but she saddened when she saw how uncared for the garden was.}}
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(rare) to darken a color during dyeing
to render heavy or cohesive
* Mortimer
- Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it doth to clay lands.
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