Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rejoicing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rejoicing \Re*joi"cing\ (-s?ng), n.
1. Joy; gladness; delight.
We should particularly express our rejoicing by love
and charity to our neighbors. --R. Nelson.
2. The expression of joy or gladness.
The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the
tabernacles of the righteous. --Ps. cxviii.
15.
3. That which causes to rejoice; occasion of joy.
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage forever,
for they are the rejoicing of my heart. --Ps. cxix.
111.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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. jouir, joir,
F. jouir, from L. gaudere to rejoice. See {Joy}.]
To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have
pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted. ``O, rejoice
beyond a common joy.'' --Shak.
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. --Ps. xxxi. 7.
Syn: To delight; joy; exult; triumph.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rejoicing
adj : joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success;
"rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a
triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout" [syn: {exultant},
{exulting}, {jubilant}, {prideful}, {triumphal}, {triumphant}]
n 1: a feeling of great happiness
2: the utterance of sounds expressing great joy
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.