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REJOICE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

To express great joy

Example:

Who cannot exult in Spring?

Synonyms:

exuberate; exult; jubilate; rejoice; triumph

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "rejoice" is one way to...):

cheer; cheer up; chirk up (become cheerful)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rejoice"):

glory (rejoice proudly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue rejoice over the results of the experiment

Derivation:

rejoicing (the utterance of sounds expressing great joy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Feel happiness or joy

Synonyms:

joy; rejoice

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "rejoice" is one way to...):

experience; feel (undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rejoice"):

cheer; cheer up; chirk up (become cheerful)

gladden (become glad or happy)

be on cloud nine; exult; jump for joy; walk on air (feel extreme happiness or elation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

rejoicing (a feeling of great happiness)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be ecstatic with joy

Synonyms:

rejoice; triumph; wallow

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "rejoice" is one way to...):

be on cloud nine; exult; jump for joy; walk on air (feel extreme happiness or elation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

rejoicing (a feeling of great happiness)

Credits

 Context examples: 

What they were to give, neither heard, for both crept into the dark hall, and, sitting on the stairs, held each other close, rejoicing with hearts too full for words.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

We satisfied ourselves that with the help of our rope we could find our way down, and then returned, rejoicing, to our camp to make our preparations for the next evening.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was great rejoicing among the yellow Winkies, for they had been made to work hard during many years for the Wicked Witch, who had always treated them with great cruelty.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

How rejoiced was Elizabeth that their own journey had not by any circumstance been delayed a day!

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

It rejoiced me to see it, for it meant that his slumber would be deep, and that all would be made easy for me.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Henry rejoiced in my gaiety, and sincerely sympathised in my feelings: he exerted himself to amuse me, while he expressed the sensations that filled his soul.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

All day long the sound of revelry and of rejoicing from the crowded camp swelled up to the ears of the Englishmen, and they could see the soldiers of the two nations throwing themselves into each other's arms and dancing hand-in-hand round the blazing fires.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We began to rejoice over our good success when just at that moment a pistol cracked in the bush, a ball whistled close past my ear, and poor Tom Redruth stumbled and fell his length on the ground.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Slipping through the shouting crowd I made my way to the corner of the street, and in ten minutes was rejoiced to find my friend’s arm in mine, and to get away from the scene of uproar.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

What the object of my friend’s manœuvres was I could not conceive, unless it were to keep the lady away from Phelps, who, rejoiced by his returning health and by the prospect of action, lunched with us in the dining-room.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)