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English Dictionary: glad by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glad
adj
  1. showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy; "glad you are here"; "glad that they succeeded"; "gave a glad shout"; "a glad smile"; "heard the glad news"; "a glad occasion"
    Antonym(s): sad
  2. eagerly disposed to act or to be of service; "glad to help"
    Synonym(s): glad, happy
  3. feeling happy appreciation; "glad of the fire's warmth"
  4. cheerful and bright; "a beaming smile"; "a glad May morning"
    Synonym(s): beaming, glad
n
  1. any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel- shaped flowers; widely cultivated
    Synonym(s): gladiolus, gladiola, glad, sword lily
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glad \Glad\, a. [Compar. {Gladder}; superl. {Gladdest}.] [AS.
      gl[91]d bright, glad; akin to D. glad smooth, G. glatt, OHG.
      glat smooth, shining, Icel. gla[?]r glad, bright, Dan. & Sw.
      glad glad, Lith. glodas smooth, and prob. to L. glaber, and
      E. glide. Cf. {Glabrous}.]
      1. Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to
            sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; -- said of persons, and
            often followed by of, at, that, or by the infinitive, and
            sometimes by with, introducing the cause or reason.
  
                     A wise son maketh a glad father.         --Prov. x. 1.
  
                     He that is glad at calamities shall not be
                     unpunished.                                       --Prov. xvii.
                                                                              5.
  
                     The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
                     He, glad of her attention gained.      --Milton.
  
                     As we are now glad to behold your eyes. --Shak.
  
                     Glad am I that your highness is so armed. --Shak.
  
      {Glad on 't}, glad of it. [Colloq.] --Shak.
  
      2. Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting
            joy; producing gladness; exhilarating.
  
                     Her conversation More glad to me than to a miser
                     money is.                                          --Sir P.
                                                                              Sidney.
  
                     Glad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      Syn: Pleased; gratified; exhilarated; animated; delighted;
               happy; cheerful; joyous; joyful; cheering; exhilarating;
               pleasing; animating.
  
      Usage: {Glad}, {Delighted}, {Gratified}. Delighted expresses
                  a much higher degree of pleasure than glad. Gratified
                  always refers to a pleasure conferred by some human
                  agent, and the feeling is modified by the
                  consideration that we owe it in part to another. A
                  person may be glad or delighted to see a friend, and
                  gratified at the attention shown by his visits.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glad \Glad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gladded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Gladding}.] [AS. gladian. See {Glad}, a., and cf. {Gladden},
      v. t.]
      To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate. --Chaucer.
  
               That which gladded all the warrior train. --Dryden.
  
               Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man.
                                                                              --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glad \Glad\, v. i.
      To be glad; to rejoice. [Obs.] --Massinger.
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