Hypertext Webster Gateway: "triumphed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Triumph \Tri"umph\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Triumphed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Triumphing}.] [L. triumphare: cf. F. triompher. See
{Triumph}, n.]
1. To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success;
to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.

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.


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