Sad"den (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Saddened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Saddening.] To make sad. Specifically:
(a) To render heavy or cohesive. [Obs.]
Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the
great prejudice it doth to clay lands.
Mortimer.
(b) To make dull- or sad-colored, as
cloth. (c) To make grave or serious; to
make melancholy or sorrowful.
Her gloomy presence saddens all the
scene.
Pope.Sad"den, v. i. To become, or be
made, sad. Tennyson.