Rejoice

Verb

 * 1)  To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy.
 * 2) * 1748. David Hume.  Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973.  § 6.
 * Obscurity, indeed, is painful to the mind as well as to the eye ; but to bring light from obscurity, by whatever labour, must needs to be delightful and rejoicing.
 * 1)  To have (someone) as a lover or spouse; to enjoy sexually.
 * 2) * 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VI:
 * But hit is noysed that ye love Quene Gwenyvere, and that she hath ordeyned by enchauntemente that ye shall never love none other but hir, nother none other damesell ne lady shall rejoyce you [...].
 * 1)  To make happy, exhilarate.

Adverbs for Rejoice
convivially; immoderately; festively; hilariously; exultantly; openly; gleefully; enthusiastically; spontaneously; impulsively; fraternally.

Thesaurus
adore, animate, appreciate, bask in, be pleased with, boost, brighten, buoy up, caper, caracole, carol, celebrate, cheer, chirp, chirrup, clap hands, dance, delight, delight in, derive pleasure from, devour, eat up, encourage, enjoy, enliven, exhilarate, exult, feast on, freak out on, frisk, frolic, gambol, get high on, give a lift, gladden, gloat over, glory, groove on, hearten, indulge in, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, joy, jubilate, like, lilt, liven, love, luxuriate in, pick up, rejoice, rejoice in, rejoice the heart, relish, revel, revel in, riot in, rollick, romp, savor, sing, skip, skip for joy, smack the lips, swim in, take pleasure in, vitalize, wallow in

Alternative forms

 * rejoyce

Etymology
From resjoir:, (Modern French réjouir:)

Translations

 * Czech:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Polish: radować


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 * Arabic: فرح ( bi-)
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  ,
 * Czech: se
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 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: αγάλλομαι
 * Interlingua: gauder
 * Japanese:, うれしがる,  嬉しい
 * Polish: radować się
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Nahuatl: timalla, timalloa


 * Old English: