(chiefly literary) To gladden, to render glad. / (archaic, chiefly literary) To gladden, to become glad.

present participle of engladden

simple past tense and past participle of engladden

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engladden

A white, conservative, middle class member of Middle England.

The English Midlands. / The conservative white middle classes who live outside London, considered as a group.

The English branch of the Christian Church; (since the 16th century) specifically the established Protestant church in England which is the mother church of the Anglican Communion.

(Britain, derogatory, modern) A bigoted, xenophobic, and nationalistic English person. / (Britain, derogatory, modern) Someone unaware of the world outside England.

To accept one's duty patriotically, particularly (idiomatic, euphemistic) to endure unwanted affection or sex due to social pressures.

(informal) Similar to or reminiscent of New England.