Sadden

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To make sad.

II. Sadden ·vi To become, or be made, sad.

III. Sadden ·vt To render heavy or cohesive.

IV. Sadden ·vt To make dull- or sad-colored, as cloth.

V. Sadden ·vt To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful.