Dictionary entry

Gladden

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Glad″den (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Gladdened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gladdening (?).] [See Glad, v. t.] To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate.

A secret pleasure gladdened all that saw him. Addison.