\Glad\, a. [Compar. {Gladder}; superl. {Gladdest}.] [AS.
gl[ae]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.

\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.

\Glad\, v. i.
To be glad; to rejoice. [Obs.] --Massinger.