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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REJOICE, v.i. rejois'.
To experience joy and gladness in a high degree; to be exhilarated with lively and pleasurable sensations; to exult.
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. Proverbs 29.
I will rejoice in thy salvation. Psalms 9.
REJOICE, v.t. rejois'. To make joyful; to gladden; to animate with lively pleasurable sensations; to exhilarate.
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father. Proverbs 29.
While she, great saint, rejoices heaven.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: feel happiness or joy [syn: rejoice, joy]
2: to express great joy; "Who cannot exult in Spring?" [syn: exuberate, exult, rejoice, triumph, jubilate]
3: be ecstatic with joy [syn: wallow, rejoice, triumph]

Merriam Webster's

verb (rejoiced; rejoicing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French rejois-, stem of rejoier, rejoir, from re- + joir to welcome, enjoy, from Latin gaud?re to be glad — more at joy Date: 14th century transitive verb to give joy to ; gladden intransitive verb to feel joy or great delight • rejoicer noun • rejoicingly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 intr. feel great joy. 2 intr. (foll. by that + clause or to + infin.) be glad. 3 intr. (foll. by in, at) take delight. 4 intr. celebrate some event. 5 tr. cause joy to. Derivatives: rejoicer n. rejoicingly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF rejoir rejoiss- (as RE-, JOY)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rejoice Re*joice", v. t. 1. To enjoy. [Obs.] --Bp. Peacock. 2. To give joy 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rejoice Re*joice", n. The act of rejoicing. --Sir T. Browne.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(rejoices, rejoicing, rejoiced) If you rejoice, you are very pleased about something and you show it in your behaviour. Garbo plays the Queen, rejoicing in the love she has found with Antonio... Party activists in New Hampshire rejoiced that the presidential campaign had finally started. VERB: V in/at n, V that, also V • rejoicing There was general rejoicing at the news.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Gladden, exhilarate, cheer, gratify, please, delight, transport, enrapture, make glad, enliven. II. v. n. Exult, triumph, glory, joy, delight, be joyful, be gladdened, be exhilarated, be pleased, be delighted, take delight.

Moby Thesaurus

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