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rejoice

re·joice [ ri jóyss ] (past and past participle re·joiced, present participle re·joic·ing, 3rd person present singular re·joic·es)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. intransitive verb be happy: to feel very happy or show great happiness about something ( literary )

2. transitive verb make somebody happy: to fill somebody with happiness ( archaic )

[14th century. Via Old French rejoir "to be most joyful" from, ultimately, Latin gaudere "to rejoice" (source of English joy)]

re·joic·er noun
re·joic·ing noun
re·joic·ing·ly adverb
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