sadden

transitive & intransitive verb

To make or become sad.

To become heavy, compact, or firm; harden, as land or roads after a thaw or rain.

To become sad or sorrowful.

To make compact; make heavy or firm; harden.

To make sad; depress; make gloomy or melancholy.

To make dark-colored; specifically, in dyeing and calico-printing, to tone down or shade (the colors employed) by the application of certain agents, as salts of iron, copper, or bichromate of potash.

intransitive verb

To become, or be made, sad.

transitive verb

To render heavy or cohesive.

transitive verb

To make dull- or sad-colored, as cloth.

transitive verb

To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful.