rejoice
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
verb
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to feel or express great joy or happiness
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archaic (tr) to cause to feel joy
Other Word Forms
- prerejoice verb (used without object)
- rejoiceful adjective
- rejoicer noun
- rejoicing noun
- unrejoiced adjective
Etymology
Origin of rejoice
1275–1325; Middle English rejoicen < Old French rejouiss-, long stem of rejouir, equivalent to re- re- + jouir to rejoice; joy
Example Sentences
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We imagined that we had a huge old manse like this one to decorate, and rejoiced to discover that we had the same ideas about furniture, flowers, even the same favorite colors.
From Literature
"You rejoice and cry, and you tremble inside from the emotion -- seeing those eyes that are both sad and joyful and filled with tears," she told AFP during a recent prisoner exchange.
From Barron's
After enduring months of long, dark — and, in Southern California, rather moderate — winter evenings, some residents will rejoice at the extra hour of daylight arriving Sunday, while others will mourn their lost hour of sleep.
From Los Angeles Times
Though some Iranians mourned the death of their supreme leader, others rejoiced.
From Los Angeles Times
Benjamin Samat, a French influencer living in Dubai, took to Instagram to lash out at "those who on social media are rejoicing that the French are going through this".
From Barron's
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