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English Dictionary: Rejoicing	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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" Synonym(s): exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant n a feeling of great happiness the utterance of sounds expressing great joy Synonym(s): exultation, rejoicing, jubilation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rejoicing \Rejoi"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 \Rejoice"\ (r[esl]jois"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rejoiced} (-joist"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rejoicing} (-joi"s?ng).] [OE. rejoissen, OF. resjouir, resjoir, F. r[82]jouir; pref. re- re- + OF, esjouir, esjoir, F. [82]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. [bd]O, rejoice beyond a common joy.[b8] --Shak. I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. --Ps. xxxi. 7. Syn: To delight; joy; exult; triumph.