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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Triumph  \Tri"umph\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Triumphed};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Triumphing}.]  [L.  triumphare:  cf  F.  triompher.  See 
  {Triumph},  n.] 
  1.  To  celebrate  victory  with  pomp;  to  rejoice  over  success; 
  to  exult  in  an  advantage  gained;  to  exhibit  exultation. 
 
  How  long  shall  the  wicked  triumph?  --Ps.  xciv.  3. 
 
  Sorrow  on  thee  and  all  the  pack  of  you  That  triumph 
  thus  upon  my  misery!  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  obtain  victory;  to  be  successful;  to  prevail. 
 
  Triumphing  over  death,  and  chance,  and  thee,  O  Time. 
  --Milton. 
 
  On  this  occasion,  however,  genius  triumphed. 
  --Macaulay. 
 
  3.  To  be  prosperous;  to  flourish. 
 
  Where  commerce  triumphed  on  the  favoring  gales. 
  --Trumbull. 
 
  4.  To  play  a  trump  card.  [Obs.]  --B.  Jonson




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