gladden

verb
/ˈɡlædən/

Etymology

From glad + -en.

  1. derived from *gʰladʰ-
  2. derived from *gladaz
  3. derived from glæd
  4. derived from glad
  5. suffixed as gladden — “glad + en

Definitions

  1. To cause (something) to become more glad.

    • A balmy night! and tho' the stars be dim, / Yet let us think upon the vernal showers / That gladden the green earth, and we shall find / A pleasure in the dimness of the stars.
  2. To become more glad in one's disposition.

  3. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at gladden. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01gladden02glad03bright04brilliant05saturated06soaked07inebriated08exhilaration09exhilarated10exhilarate

A definitional loop anchored at gladden. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at gladden

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA