glad

GLAD, adjective [Latin loetus, without a prefix.] 1. Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; moderately happy. A wise son maketh a glad father. Proverbs 10:1. It is usually followed by of. I am glad of an opportunity to oblige my friend. It is sometimes followed by at. He that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. Proverbs 17:5. It is sometimes followed by with. The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood-- With, after glad is unusual, and in this passage at would have been preferable. 2. Cheerful; joyous. They blessed the king, and went to their tents, joyful and glad of heart. 1 Kings 8:66. 3. Cheerful; wearing the appearance of joy; as a glad countenance. 4. Wearing a gay appearance; showy; bright. The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them. Isaiah 35:1. GLAD evening and glad morn crown'd the fourth day. 5. Pleasing; exhilarating. Her conversation More glad to me than to a miser money is. 6. Expressing gladness or joy; exciting joy. Hark! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers. GLAD, verb transitive [The preterit tense and participle passive gladed is not used. See Gladden.] To make glad; to affect with pleasure; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate. Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man.