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Glad \Glad\ (gl[a^]d), a. [Compar. {Gladder}; superl.
{Gladdest}.] [AS. gl[ae]d bright, glad; akin to D. glad
smooth, G. glatt, OHG. glat smooth, shining, Icel. gla[eth]r
glad, bright, Dan. & Sw. glad glad, Lith. glodas smooth, and
prob. to L. glaber, and E. glide. Cf. {Glabrous}.]
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1. Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to
{sorry}, {sorrowful}, or {unhappy}; -- said of persons,
and often followed by of, at, that, or by the infinitive,
and sometimes by with, introducing the cause or reason.
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A wise son maketh a glad father. --Prov. x. 1.
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He that is glad at calamities shall not be
unpunished. --Prov. xvii.
5.
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The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood.
--Dryden.
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He, glad of her attention gained. --Milton.
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As we are now glad to behold your eyes. --Shak.
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Glad am I that your highness is so armed. --Shak.
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{Glad on 't}, glad of it. [Colloq.] --Shak.
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2. Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting
joy; producing gladness; exhilarating.
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Her conversation
More glad to me than to a miser money is. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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Glad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day.
--Milton.

Syn: Pleased; gratified; exhilarated; animated; delighted;
happy; cheerful; joyous; joyful; cheering; exhilarating;
pleasing; animating.

Usage: {Glad}, {Delighted}, {Gratified}. Delighted expresses
a much higher degree of pleasure than glad. Gratified
always refers to a pleasure conferred by some human
agent, and the feeling is modified by the
consideration that we owe it in part to another. A
person may be glad or delighted to see a friend, and
gratified at the attention shown by his visits.
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Glad \Glad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gladded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gladding}.] [AS. gladian. See {Glad}, a., and cf. {Gladden},
v. t.]
To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate. --Chaucer.
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That which gladded all the warrior train. --Dryden.
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Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man.
--Pope.
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Glad \Glad\, v. i.
To be glad; to rejoice. [Obs.] --Massinger.
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