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| re·joice [ ri jóyss ] (past and past participle re·joiced, present participle re·joic·ing, 3rd person present singular re·joic·es) |
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1. intransitive verb be happy: to feel very happy or show great happiness about something
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2. transitive verb make somebody happy: to fill somebody with happiness
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| [14th century. Via Old French rejoir "to be most joyful" from, ultimately, Latin gaudere "to rejoice" (source of English joy)] |
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 re·joic·er noun |
 re·joic·ing noun |
 re·joic·ing·ly adverb |
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