rejoice Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb feel happiness or joy
    joy.
  2. verb to express great joy
    exuberate; jubilate; exult; triumph.
    • Who cannot exult in Spring?
  3. verb be ecstatic with joy
    wallow; triumph.

WordNet

Re*joice" intransitive verb
Etymology
OE.rejoissen, OF. resjouir, resjoir, F. réjouir; pref. re- re- + OF, esjouir, esjoir, F. jouirr, to rejoice; pref. es- (L. ex-) + OF. jouir, joir, F. jouir, from L. gaudere to rejoice. See Joy.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Rejoced present participle & verbal noun Rejoicing
Definitions
  1. 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.
Re*joice" transitive verb
Definitions
  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.
Re*joice" noun
Definitions
  1. The act of rejoicing. Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1913