REJOICE DEFINITIONS - 13 definitions found
rejoice 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 Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) rejoice verb (rejoiced; rejoicing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French rejois-, stem of rejoier, rejoir, from re- + joir to welcome, enjoy, from Latin gaudēre 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 English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary rejoice (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. N-UNCOUNT English Explanatory Dictionary rejoice rɪˈdʒɔɪs 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. øørejoicer n. rejoicingly adv. [ME f. OF rejoir rejoiss- (as RE-, JOY)] English-Old English dictionary rejoice Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Rejoice \Re*joice"\, n. The act of rejoicing. --Sir T. Browne. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms rejoice 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. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) rejoice rɪˈdʒɔɪs v. delight, exult, glory, celebrate, revel, be happy or delighted or pleased or overjoyed or elated or glad, Colloq be tickled (pink): We all rejoiced to be home once again after the ordeal. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 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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