unsadden

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ sadden.

Verb

unsadden (third-person singular simple present unsaddens, present participle unsaddening, simple past and past participle unsaddened)

  1. (transitive) To relieve from sadness; to cheer up.
    • 1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English:
      It unsaddens the melancholy, quickens the dull, awaketh the drowsie, &c.

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