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  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.




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