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e 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.…

To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate. A secret pleasure gladdened all that saw him. Addison.

One who makes glad. Chaucer.

wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest. There interspersed in lawns and opening glades. Pope.

s; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, esp. the European Iris foetidissima. [Written also gladwyn, gladdon, and glader.]

The European yellow-hammer.

Full of gladness; joyful; glad. [R.] -- Glad"ful*ness, n. [R.] Spenser. It followed him with gladful glee. Spenser.

Sword-shaped; resembling a sword in form, as the leaf of the iris, or of the gladiolus.

Originally, a swordplayer; hence, one who fought with weapons in public, either on the occasion of a funeral ceremony, or in the arena, for public amusement.

Of or pertaining to gladiators, or to contests or combatants in general.

The art or practice of a gladiator.

Conduct, state, or art, of a gladiator.

Gladiatorial. [R.]

Swordplay; fencing; gladiatorial contest. Gayton.

A lilylike plant, of the genus Gladiolus; -- called also corn flag.

A genus of plants having bulbous roots and gladiate leaves, and including many species, some of which are cultivated and valued for the beauty of their flowers; the corn flag; the sword lily.

The internal shell, or pen, of cephalopods like the squids.

With pleasure; joyfully; cheerfully; eagerly. The common people heard him gladly. Mark xii. 37.

State or quality of being glad; pleasure; joyful satisfaction; cheerfulness. They . . . did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart. Acts ii. 46.

A state of gladness. [Obs.] Gower.