Rejoice
WordNet
verb
(1) To express great joy
"Who cannot exult in Spring?"
(2) Feel happiness or joy
(3) Be ecstatic with joy
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Etymology
From , later , from (modern French ), from .
Verb
- To have (someone) as a lover or spouse.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VI:
- But hit is noysed that ye love Quene Gwenyvere, and that she hath ordeyned by enchauntemente that ye shall never love none other but hir, nother none other damesell ne lady shall rejoyce you [...].
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VI:
- To make happy, exhilarate.
- To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 6.
- Obscurity, indeed, is painful to the mind as well as to the eye ; but to bring light from obscurity, by whatever labour, must needs to be delightful and rejoicing.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 6.