rejoice
verb (used without object)
to be glad; take delight (often followed byin ).
has rejoiced
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present perfectof rejoice (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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For a decade he has rejoiced at being known as "the worst hated and most utterly unscrupulous man in China."
From Time Magazine Archive
Then he called to his opposite in the quadrille: “Cathcart, can you tell me how long Mrs. Loring has rejoiced in that title of honour?”
From Janice Meredith by Paul Leicester Ford
My heart will never throb as it has throbbed; never rejoice as it has rejoiced; for she who lived but for me, who doubled all my joys, is gone!
From The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter
The intelligence we have received by your letters, Mr. Boutwell, &c., of the Lord's doings among you, as a people, at the Sault, has rejoiced our hearts much.
From Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
No one has ever given us a continuous history of any particular poem, tracing its history and adventures after its first publication—the places it has been quoted, the hearts it has rejoiced.
From Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned by Christopher Morley
