rejoice

rejoice
verb /rɪˈʤɔɪs/
a) To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy.

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.

b) To make happy, exhilarate.

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 [...].


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  • Rejoice — may refer to: * Rejoice Broadcasting Network, a Christian radio network ** Rejoice Radio , the program broadcast on the Rejoice Broadcasting Network * Ballet Rejoice, a Christian dance company * Rejoice in the Lord , a weekly national broadcast… …   Wikipedia

  • Rejoice — Re*joice (r[ e]*jois ), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rejoiced} ( joist ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rejoicing} ( joi s?ng).] [OE. rejoissen, OF. resjouir, resjoir, F. r[ e]jouir; pref. re re + OF. esjouir, esjoir, F. [ e]jouir, to rejoice; pref. es (L. ex ) + OF …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rejoice — (v.) c.1300, to enjoy the possession of, from O.Fr. rejoiss , stem of rejoissant, prp. of rejoir gladden, rejoice, from re , intensive prefix, + joir be glad, from L. gaudere rejoice (see JOY (Cf. joy)). Originally sense in to rejoice in. Meaning …   Etymology dictionary

  • Rejoice — Re*joice , v. t. 1. To enjoy. [Obs.] Bp. Peacock. [1913 Webster] 2. To give joi to; to make joyful; to gladden. [1913 Webster] I me rejoysed of my liberty. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] While she, great saint, rejoices heaven. Prior. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rejoice — [ri jois′] vi. rejoiced, rejoicing [ME rejoissen < inflectional stem of OFr rejoïr < re , again + joïr, to be glad < VL * gaudire, for L gaudere, to rejoice: see JOY] to be glad, happy, or delighted; be full of joy: often with at or in… …   English World dictionary

  • Rejoice — Re*joice , n. The act of rejoicing. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rejoice in — index relish Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • rejoice — delight, gladden, *please, gratify, tickle, regale Antonyms: grieve: aggrieve: bewail …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • rejoice — [v] be very happy about something be glad, be overjoyed, celebrate, delight, enjoy, exult, feel happy, glory, joy, jump for joy, make merry, revel, triumph; concept 410 Ant. be sad …   New thesaurus

  • rejoice — ► VERB ▪ feel or show great joy. ORIGIN Old French rejoir, from joir experience joy …   English terms dictionary

  • rejoice — [14] Rejoice was adapted from rejoiss , the stem form of Old French rejoir ‘be joyful’. This was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix re and joir ‘be joyful’, which went back to Latin gaudēre ‘rejoice’, ultimate source of English joy …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

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