v. [mod. f. BLITHE a. + -EN2: cf. gladden.] trans. To make blithe.
1824. Galt, Rothelan, II. V. ix. 255. To blithen the morning with cheerful reveillies. Ibid. (1830), Lawrie T., III. xv. (1849), 134. Glimpses of merriment … which blithen the fire-side.
