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2 definitions found 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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