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  1.                 From GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, version 0.54:
                    

    Sad (săd), a. [Compar. Sadder (sădˈdẽr); superl. Saddest.] [OE. sad sated, tired, satisfied, firm, steadfast, AS. saed satisfied, sated; akin to D. zat, OS. sad, G. satt, OHG. sat, Icel. saðr, saddr, Goth. saþs, Lith. sotus, L. sat, satis, enough, satur sated, Gr. ἄμεναι to satiate, ἄδνη enough. Cf. {Assets}, {Sate}, {Satiate}, {Satisfy}, {Satire}.]

    1. Sated; satisfied; weary; tired. [Obs.]

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    Yet of that art they can not waxen sad, For unto them it is a bitter sweet.

    -- Chaucer.

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    2. Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard. [Obs., except in a few phrases; as, “sad bread”.]

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    His hand, more sad than lump of lead.

    -- Spenser.

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    Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad.

    -- Mortimer.

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    3. Dull; grave; dark; somber; -- said of colors. “Sad-colored clothes.”

    Walton.

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    Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colors.

    -- Mortimer.

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    4. Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous. [Obs.] “Ripe and sad courage.”

    Chaucer.

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    Lady Catharine, a sad and religious woman.

    Bacon.

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    Which treaty was wisely handled by sad and discrete counsel of both parties.

    -- Ld. Berners.

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    5. Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.

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    First were we sad, fearing you would not come; Now sadder, that you come so unprovided.

    -- Shak.

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    The angelic guards ascended, mute and sad.

    -- Milton.

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    6. Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, “a sad accident; a sad misfortune”.

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    7. Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked. [Colloq.] “Sad tipsy fellows, both of them.”

    I. Taylor.

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    ☞ Sad is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, “sad-colored, sad-eyed, sad-hearted, sad-looking, and the like”.

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    Sad bread, heavy bread. [Scot. & Local, U.S.]

    Bartlett.

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    Syn. -- Sorrowful; mournful; gloomy; dejected; depressed; cheerless; downcast; sedate; serious; grave; grievous; afflictive; calamitous.

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  2.                 From GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, version 0.54:
                    

    Sad, v. t. To make sorrowful; to sadden. [Obs.]

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    How it sadded the minister's spirits!

    -- H. Peters.

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  3.                 From GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, version 0.54:
                    

    SAD (?), n. Seasonal affective disorder. [Acron.]

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