make glad or joyous

  • 1glad´ness — glad1 «glad», adjective, glad|der, glad|dest, verb, glad|ded, glad|ding. –adj. 1. feeling joy, pleasure, or …

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  • 2glad´ly — glad1 «glad», adjective, glad|der, glad|dest, verb, glad|ded, glad|ding. –adj. 1. feeling joy, pleasure, or …

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  • 3glad — glad1 gladly, adv. gladness, n. /glad/, adj., gladder, gladdest, v., gladded, gladding. adj. 1. feeling joy or pleasure; delighted; pleased: glad about the good news; glad that you are here. 2. accompanied by or causing joy or pleasure: a glad… …

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  • 4glad — glad, happy, cheerful, lighthearted, joyful, joyous are comparable when meaning characterized by or expressing the mood, temper, or state of mind of a person who is pleased or delighted with something or with things in general. Glad may be used… …

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  • 5exhilarate — v. a. Cheer, enliven, inspirit, inspire, animate, stimulate, elate, gladden, make merry, make glad or joyous …

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  • 6Sacrifice — • This term is identical with the English offering (Latin offerre) and the German Opfer Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sacrifice     Sacrifice      …

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  • 7gladden — I. v. a. Delight, cheer, gratify, rejoice, bless, exhilarate, glad, make glad, please highly, make joyous or happy, fill with joy or pleasure, render light hearted. II. v. n. Become glad, grow happy or joyous, smile, beam, light up, grow light,… …

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  • 8St. Patrick —     St. Patrick     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Patrick     Apostle of Ireland, born at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, in Scotland, in the year 387; died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, 17 March, 493.     He had for his parents Calphurnius and… …

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  • 9literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 10SABBATH — (Heb. שַׁבָּת; Shabbat; related to the verb shavat, cease, desist, rest ), the seventh day of the week, the day of rest and abstention from work. In the Bible The etiology of the Sabbath is given in Genesis 1:1–2:3, although the name of the day… …

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