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 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.