sadden

sadden is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] To make sad. Specifically:

[2] To render heavy or cohesive. [Obs.] Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it doth to clay lands. Mortimer.

[3] To make dull- or sad-colored, as cloth.

[4] To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful. Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene. Pope.

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