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Rejoice
Definitions
- 1 To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy. intransitive
"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."
- 2 to express great joy wordnet
- 3 To have (someone) as a lover or spouse; to enjoy sexually. obsolete, transitive
"ye that are a knyghte wyueles that ye wyl not loue some mayden or gentylwoman /[…]/ but hit is noysed that ye loue quene Gueneuer / and that she hath ordeyned by enchauntement that ye shal neuer loue none other / but her / ne none other damoysel ne lady shall reioyse you"
- 4 feel happiness or joy wordnet
- 5 To make happy, exhilarate. transitive
"Were he [Cain] alive, it would rejoice his soul to see what mischief it had made."
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- 6 be ecstatic with joy wordnet
- 7 To enjoy. obsolete
"c. 1449–1455, Reginald Peacock, Represser of over-much weeting [blaming] of the Clergie his brother Constans next aftir him rejoiced the same west-parti."
Etymology
From Middle English rejoicen, rejoisen, from Old French resjoir. Doublet of rejoy. Compare French réjouir; Spanish regocijar; Portuguese regozijar; Italian gioire
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