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Gladden vs Gladen - What's the difference?

gladden | gladen |

As verbs the difference between gladden and gladen

is that gladden is to cause (something) to become more glad while gladen is obsolete form of gladden.

As a noun gladen is

sword grass.

gladden

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To cause (something) to become more glad.
  • *1798 , William Wordsworth, The Nightingale :
  • *: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.
  • *1838 , Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist :
  • *:Her body was bent by age; her limbs trembled with palsy; her face, distorted into a mumbling leer, resembled more the grotesque shaping of some wild pencil, than the work of Nature's hand. Alas! How few of Nature's faces are left alone to gladden us with their beauty!
  • (archaic) To become more glad in one's disposition.
  • *
  • *:In May when every lusty heart flourisheth and bourgeoneth, for as the season is lusty to behold and comfortable, so man and woman rejoice and gladden of summer coming with his fresh flowers: for winter with his rough winds and blasts causeth a lusty man and woman to cower and sit fast by the fire.

    • Synonyms

    * cheer, cheer up, gratify, please

    Anagrams

    *

    gladen

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) glaedene from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * gladdon * glader * gladwyn

    Noun

    (-)
  • Sword grass.
  • Any plant with sword-shaped leaves, especially .
    • (Webster 1913)

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • * 14th c', unknown translator, '''', transcription in '''1836 , Adam Clarke (editor), ''The Holy Bible: With a Commentary and Critical Notes , Volume 2, page 506,
    • We schul ful out joyen and gladen in thee, myndful of the tetis upon wyn, rigtmen loven thee.
  • * , 2004, page 67,
    • And to Pandare he held up bothe his hondes, / And seyde, 'Lord, al thyne be that I have, For I am hool, al brosten been my bondes: / A thousand Troians who so that me yave, / Eche after other, god so wis me save, / Ne mighte me so gladen ; lo myn herte, / It spredeth so for loye, it wol to-sterte!
  • * 1863', Jason Ham, ''Sanitary Report from Louisville, Ky'', '''1865 , ''Documentary Journal of the General Assembly of the State Indiana , page 166,
    • This is a pleasant part of my duty, it gladens my heart to be able to bestow upon the afflicted boys some of the comforts of home and former days.