prop. n. An independent Asian country on teh Bay of Bengal that was once part of India and then part of Pakistan (called East Pakistan).
Syn. -- Bangla Desh, East Pakistan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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 ]

See drainable.
See dramatic.
See drinkable.
See durable.
See duteous.
See dutiful.
See earnest.
See eatable.
See ecclesiastical.
See edible.
See elaborate.
See elective.
See elusive.
See emotional.
See emphatic. See employable.
See employable.
See endurable.
See -English.
See entire.
See enviable.
See envious.
See episcopal.
See equable.
See errable.
See escapable.
See evangelical.
See eventful.
See evident.
See exact.
See examinable.
See exceptionable.
See exclusive.
See exemplary.
See exempt.
See exhaustible.
See existent.
See expectable.
See expectant.
See explainable.
See express.
See expressible.
See expugnable.
See extinct.
See factious.
See fadable.
See fain.
See familiar.
See famous.
See fashionable.
See fast.
See fatherly.
See fathomable.
See faulty.
See fearful.
See feasible.
See felicitous.
See felt.
See feminine.
See fermentable.
See festival.
See fine.
See fleshy.
See fluent.
See forcible.
See fordable.
See foreknowable.
See foreseeable.
See forgetful.
See forgivable.
See formal.
See framable.
See fraternal.
See friable.
See frightful.
See frustrable.
See full.
See gainable.
See gainful.
See gallant.
See genial.
See genteel.
See gentle.
See gentlemanlike.
See gentlemanly.
See geometrical.
See ghostly.
See glad.
See godlike.
See good.
See goodly.
See gorgeous.
See grammatical.
See grave.
See guidable.
See guilty.
See habile.
See habitable.
See hale.
See handy.
See hardy.
See harmful.
See hasty.
See hazardous.
See healable.
See healthful.
See healthy.
See heavenly.
See heedful.
See helpful.
See heritable.
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