Two and thirty legions that awe All nations of the
triumphed word. --Massinger.
How long shall the wicked triumph? --Ps. xciv. 3.
Sorrow on thee and all the pack of you That triumph
thus upon my misery! --Shak.
2. To obtain victory; to be successful; to prevail.
Triumphing over death, and chance, and thee, O Time.
--Milton.
On this occasion, however, genius triumphed.
--Macaulay.
3. To be prosperous; to flourish.
Where commerce triumphed on the favoring gales.
--Trumbull.
4. To play a trump card. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Note: The general was allowed to enter the city crowned with
a wreath of laurel, bearing a scepter in one hand, and
a branch of laurel in the other, riding in a circular
chariot, of a peculiar form, drawn by four horses. He
was preceded by the senate and magistrates, musicians,
the spoils, the captives in fetters, etc., and followed
by his army on foot in marching order. The procession
advanced in this manner to the Capitoline Hill, where
sacrifices were offered, and victorious commander
entertained with a public feast.
2. Hence, any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a
stately show or pageant. [Obs.]
Our daughter, In honor of whose birth these triumphs
are, Sits here, like beauty's child. --Shak.
3. A state of joy or exultation for success.
Great triumph and rejoicing was in heaven. --Milton.
Hercules from Spain Arrived in triumph, from Geryon
slain. --Dryden.
4. Success causing exultation; victory; conquest; as, the
triumph of knowledge.
5. A trump card; also, an old game at cards. [Obs.]