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prop. n. A native or inhabitant of Bangladesh. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Bangladesh. Bangladeshi dialects
Syn. -- East Pakistani. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ L. digladiari; di- = dis- + gladius a sword. ] To fight like gladiators; to contend fiercely; to dispute violently. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Digladiating like Æschines and Demosthenes. Hales. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of digladiating. [ Obs. ] “Sore digladiations and contest.” Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A swamp or low tract of land inundated with water and interspersed with hummocks, or small islands, and patches of high grass; as, the everglades of Florida. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When used in the United States without qualification, the word Everglades is understood to refer to the Everglades of southern Florida. [ PJC ]

a. [ Compar. Gladder superl. Gladdest ] [ AS. glæd bright, glad; akin to D. glad smooth, G. glatt, OHG. glat smooth, shining, Icel. glaðr glad, bright, Dan. & Sw. glad glad, Lith. glodas smooth, and prob. to L. glaber, and E. glide. Cf. Glabrous. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

A wise son maketh a glad father. Prov. x. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. Prov. xvii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

He, glad of her attention gained. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

As we are now glad to behold your eyes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glad am I that your highness is so armed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glad on 't, glad of it. [ Colloq. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her conversation
More glad to me than to a miser money is. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day. Milton.

Syn. -- Pleased; gratified; exhilarated; animated; delighted; happy; cheerful; joyous; joyful; cheering; exhilarating; pleasing; animating. -- 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

That which gladded all the warrior train. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be glad; to rejoice. [ Obs. ] Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gladdened p. pr. & vb. n. Gladdening ] [ See Glad, v. t. ] To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate. [ 1913 Webster ]

A secret pleasure gladdened all that saw him. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be or become glad; to rejoice. [ 1913 Webster ]

The vast Pacific gladdens with the freight. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes glad. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An iris (Iris foetidissima) with purple flowers and evil-smelling leaves; Southern and Western Europe and North Africa.
Syn. -- gladen, stinking iris, gladdon iris, stinking gladwyn, roast beef plant, Iris foetidissima. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Prob. of Scand. origin, and akin to glad, a.; cf. also W. golead, goleuad, a lighting, illumination, fr. goleu light, clear, bright, goleu fwlch glade, lit., a light or clear defile. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest. [ 1913 Webster ]

There interspersed in lawns and opening glades. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An everglade. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen; also, smooth ice. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Bottom glade. See under Bottom. --
Glade net, in England, a net used for catching woodcock and other birds in forest glades. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. glædene, cf. L. gladius a sword. Cf. Gladiole. ] (Bot.) Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, especially the European Iris fœtidissima. [ Written also gladwyn, gladdon, and glader. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The European yellow-hammer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of gladness; joyful; glad. [ R. ] -- Glad"ful*ness, n. [R.] Spenser. [1913 Webster]

It followed him with gladful glee. Spenser. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. gladius sword. ] (Bot.) Sword-shaped; resembling a sword in form, as the leaf of the iris, or of the gladiolus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. gladius sword. See Glaive. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who engages in any fierce combat or controversy.

{ } a. Of or pertaining to gladiators, or to contests or combatants in general. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or practice of a gladiator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Conduct, state, or art, of a gladiator. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. gladiatorius. ] Gladiatorial. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. gladiatura. ] Swordplay; fencing; gladiatorial contest. Gayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. gladiolus a small sword, the sword lily, dim. of gladius sword. See Glaive. ] (Bot.) A lilylike plant, of the genus Gladiolus; -- called also corn flag. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. L. Gladioli E. Gladioluses [ L. See Gladiole. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Bot.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) The middle portion of the sternum in some animals; the mesosternum. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Gladii [ L., a sword. ] (Zool.) The internal shell, or pen, of cephalopods like the squids. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ From Glad, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Preferably; by choice. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With pleasure; joyfully; cheerfully; eagerly. [ 1913 Webster ]

The common people heard him gladly. Mark xii. 37. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. glædnes. ] State or quality of being glad; pleasure; joyful satisfaction; cheerfulness. [ 1913 Webster ]

They . . . did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart. Acts ii. 46. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Gladness is rarely or never equivalent to mirth, merriment, gayety, and triumph, and it usually expresses less than delight. It sometimes expresses great joy. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. Esther viii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. glædscipe. ] A state of gladness. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Pleased; joyful; cheerful. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Causing joy, pleasure, or cheerfulness; having the appearance of gayety; pleasing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of opening heaven they sung, and gladsome day. Prior.

-- Glad"some*ly, adv. -- Glad"some*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hours of perfect gladsomeness. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of experiencing joy and pleasure.
Syn. -- gladness, gladfulness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Named after Wm. E. Gladstone. ] A four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two inside seats, calash top, and seats for driver and footman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Gladen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The bright reflection of the moon's light on an expanse of water. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Excessively or unduly glad. [ 1913 Webster ]