gladding

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gladding - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Glad \Glad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gladded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Gladding.] [AS. gladian. See Glad, a., and cf. Gladden,
     v. t.]
     To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate. --Chaucer.
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           That which gladded all the warrior train. --Dryden.
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           Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man.
                                                    --Pope.
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