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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exult \Ex*ult"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Exulted}; p. pr & vb n.
{Exulting}.] [L. exultare exsultare exultatum exsultatum
to leap vigorously, to exult, intens. fr exsilire to spring
out or up ex out + salire to spring, leap: cf F. exulter.
See {Salient}.]
To be in high spirits; figuratively, to leap for joy; to
rejoice in triumph or exceedingly; to triumph; as an
exulting heart. ``An exulting countenance.'' --Bancroft.
The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And
leap exulting like the bounding roe. --Pope.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
exult
v 1: feel extreme happiness or elation [syn: {walk on air}, {be
on cloud nine}, {jump for joy}]
2: to express great joy: "As if the sea, and sky, and earth,
rejoiced with new-born liberty." Shelley [syn: {rejoice},
{triumph}, {jubilate}]
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