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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Sadden

/săd'-ən/ · Sad·den · IPA /ˈsædən/
01 v. t. To make sad.
imp. & p. p. Saddened; p. pr. & vb. n. Saddening
  1. 1.
    To make sad.[Obs.]
    “Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it doth to clay lands.” — Mortimer.
  2. 2.
    To make dull- or sad-colored, as cloth.
    “Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene.” — Pope.
02 v. i. To become, or be made, sad.
  1. 1.
    To become, or be made, sad.