SADDEN, verb transitive sad'n. 1. To make sad or sorrowful; also, to make melancholy or gloomy. 2. To make dark colored. obsolete 3. To make heavy, firm or cohesive. Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it doth to clay lands. obsolete
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI