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/rɪdʒˈɔɪsɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Rejoice v. t.

To enjoy. (Obs.)

To give joy to; to make joyful; to gladden. "I me rejoysed of my liberty." "While she, great saint, rejoices heaven." "Were he (Cain) alive, it would rejoice his soul to see what mischief it had made."

Synonyms: To please; cheer; exhilarate; delight.

Rejoice v. i. (past & past part. rejoiced; pres. part. rejoicing) To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted. "O, rejoice beyond a common joy." "I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy."

Synonyms: Syn. To delight; joy; exult; triumph.

noun

Rejoicing n.

Joy; gladness; delight. "We should particularly express our rejoicing by love and charity to our neighbors."

The expression of joy or gladness. "The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous."

That which causes to rejoice; occasion of joy. "Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart."

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Etymology of 'Rejoicing'

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"Rejoicing" Quotes from Famous Books

... UNUM!" The world, with delight, Looks up to the starry blue banner of night, In its many-blent glory rejoicing to see AMERICA'S motto—the pride of ...

— Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851 • Various

... tired child, was resting his head upon the shoulder of his new friend during the drive, and it was evident that he was very ill. The fever was returning, the mind partially wandering, but the soul rejoicing in the light of that land which he ...

— Rosa's Quest - The Way to the Beautiful Land • Anna Potter Wright

... Johnny was not capable of such analysis. The only human being who might have understood and worked in correction of the tendency, read the affair amiss. Mrs. Orde was only too glad to get Bobby into the open air again, and saw in his abandonment of this feverish enthusiasm only cause for rejoicing. ...

— The Adventures of Bobby Orde • Stewart Edward White

... fill the room, and he brought with him the breath of the sea and the wind. He began to carve the mutton like Siegfried making battle with Fafner, and indeed again and again during the evening he reminded Harry of Siegfried's impetuous humour and rejoicing animal spirits. ...

— The Wooden Horse • Hugh Walpole

... Vosges, the satanic cheerfulness of lava, those marble-towns that blind you with their glare, Eastern cities of brightly tinted stucco or mere clay, the brick-towns, granite-towns, wood-towns—how they differ in mood from one another!... Here I pace up and down, rejoicing in the spacious sunlit prospect, and endeavouring to disentangle from one another the multitudinous street-cries that climb to this hanging garden in confused waves of sound. Harsh at close quarters, they weave themselves into a mirthful symphony ...

— Alone • Norman Douglas

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