The Collaborative International Dictionary
Glad \Glad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gladded; p. pr. & vb. n. Gladding.] [AS. gladian. See Glad,
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, and cf. Gladden, v. t.] To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.
--Chaucer.That which gladded all the warrior train.
--Dryden.Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man.
--Pope.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of glad English)
Wikipedia
Gladding is a surname and may refer to:
- Charles Gladding (1828–1894), American co-founder of Gladding, McBean ceramics company
- Fred Gladding (1936 – 2015), American baseball player
- Jody Gladding, American translator and poet
- Monique Gladding (b. 1981), South African-born British diver
Usage examples of "gladding".
As we chattered and ate, an assortment of small-time political pros circulated from table to table, slapping backs and gladding hands, and also we endured a procession of self-important political wives, mainly sixtyish, dumpy, and grotesquely garbed in the latest nippy-dip styles, wandering about digging their proximity to the mighty and famous.