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rejoice |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rejoice \Re*joice"\, v. t. 1. To enjoy. [Obs.] --Bp. Peacock. 2. To give joy to to make joyful; to gladden. I me rejoysed of my liberty. --Chaucer. While she great saint, rejoices heaven. --Prior. Were he [Cain] alive, it would rejoice his soul to see what mischief it had made --Arbuthnot. Syn: To please; cheer; exhilarate; delight. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rejoice \Re*joice"\, n. The act of rejoicing. --Sir T. Browne. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rejoice \Re*joice"\ (r[-e]*jois"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rejoiced} (-joist"); p. pr & vb n. {Rejoicing} (-joi"s?ng).] [OE. rejoissen OF resjouir resjoir F. r['e]jouir; pref. re- re- + OF esjouir esjoir F. ['e]jouir, to rejoice; pref. es- (L. ex-) + OF jouir, joir, F. jouir, from L. gaudere to rejoice. See {Joy}.] To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted. ``O, rejoice beyond a common joy.'' --Shak. I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. --Ps. xxxi. 7. Syn: To delight; joy; exult; triumph. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rejoice v 1: feel happiness or joy [syn: {joy}] 2: to express great joy: "As if the sea, and sky, and earth, rejoiced with new-born liberty." Shelley [syn: {exult}, {triumph}, {jubilate}] 3: be ecstatic with joy [syn: {revel}, {wallow}, {triumph}]
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