rejoice

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

REJOICE, verb intransitive rejois'. To experience joy and gladness in a high degree; to be exhilarated with lively and pleasurable sensations; to exult. When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. Proverbs 29:2. I will rejoice in thy salvation. Psalms 9:14. REJOICE, verb transitive rejois'. To make joyful; to gladden; to animate with lively pleasurable sensations; to exhilarate. Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father. Proverbs 29:3. While she, great saint, rejoices heaven.
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