 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
rejoice
verb
1: feel happiness or joy [syn: {joy}]
2: to express great joy; "Who cannot exult in Spring?" [syn: {exult},
{triumph}, {jubilate}]
3: be ecstatic with joy [syn: {wallow}, {triumph}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rejoice \Re*joice"\, verb (used with an object)
1. To enjoy. [Obs.] --Bp. Peacock.
2. To give joi 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rejoice \Re*joice"\, noun
The act of rejoicing. --Sir T. Browne.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rejoice \Re*joice"\ (r[-e]*jois"), verb (used without an object) [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: Syn. To delight; joy; exult; triumph.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "rejoice":
adore, animate, appreciate, bask in, be pleased with, boost,
brighten, buoy up, caper, caracole, carol, celebrate, cheer, chirp,
chirrup, clap hands, dance, delight, delight in,
derive pleasure from, devour, eat up, encourage, enjoy, enliven,
exhilarate, exult, feast on, freak out on, frisk, frolic, gambol,
get high on, give a lift, gladden, gloat over, glory, groove on,
hearten, indulge in, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, joy, jubilate,
like, lilt, liven, love, luxuriate in, pick up, rejoice,
rejoice in, rejoice the heart, relish, revel, revel in, riot in,
rollick, romp, savor, sing, skip, skip for joy, smack the lips,
swim in, take pleasure in, vitalize, wallow in
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