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# gladden

«gladden» in Mova's school dictionary: **to make them happy or glad** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (gladden, gladdens, gladdened, gladdening)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To gladden someone is to make them happy or glad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladden/#m1)

2) To gladden is to bring joy to the eyes or heart, as a sight or a sound does. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladden/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a gift, a smile or a sight gladdens a person's heart; the word is a little old-fashioned and used in tales

### examples

- The sunshine gladdens my heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladden/#x1)
- Bring me back my daughter, to gladden me with her smiles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladden/#x2)
- Her song gladdens everyone who hears it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladden/#x3)
- Nothing gladdens an old man more than a visit from his grandchildren. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladden/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Vexation is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart may be gladdened.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.125/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gladden» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladden/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.