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gladded

gladded is the simple past and past participle of glad.

Meaning of glad

Verb

glad (third-person singular simple present glads, present participle gladding, simple past and past participle gladded)

  1. (archaic, predicative, transitive, usually) To make glad.
    • that which gladded all the warrior train1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

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Questions about gladded

What is gladded the simple past and past participle of?
Gladded is the simple past and past participle of glad.

Words near gladded in the dictionary

  1. glad-hander
  2. glad-handers
  3. glad-handing
  4. glad-handings
  5. glad-hands
  6. gladded
  7. gladden
  8. gladden someone's heart
  9. gladdened
  10. gladdened someone's heart
  11. gladdener

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