v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Saddened p. pr. & vb. n. Saddening. ] To make sad. Specifically: (a) To render heavy or cohesive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it doth to clay lands. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
(b) To make dull- or sad-colored, as cloth. (c) To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful. [ 1913 Webster ]
Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To become, or be made, sad. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]