GLAD
Glad, v. i.
Defn: To be glad; to rejoice. [Obs.] Massinger.
GLADDEN
Glad"den, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gladdened; p. pr. & vb. n. Gladdening.]
Etym: [See Glad, v. t.]
Defn: To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to
exhilarate.
A secret pleasure gladdened all that saw him. Addison.
GLADDEN
Glad"den, v. i.
Defn: To be or become glad; to rejoice.
The vast Pacific gladdens with the freight. Wordsworth.
GLADDER
Glad"der, n.
Defn: One who makes glad. Chaucer.
GLADE Glade, n. Etym: [Prob. of Scand. origin, and akin to glad, a.; cf. also W. golead, goleuad, a lighting, illumination, fr. goleu light, clear, bright, goleu fwlch glade, lit., a light or clear defile.]
1. An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest. There interspersed in lawns and opening glades. Pope.