Sadden /(?)/

Sad·den

Sadden

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Saddened; p. pr. & vb. n. Saddening

  1. To make sad. [Obs.]
    Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it doth to clay lands.
  2. To make dull- or sad-colored, as cloth.
    Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene.

Sadden

v. i.
  1. To become, or be made, sad.