rejoice
rejoice is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Syn. To delight; joy; exult; triumph.
- 2.To enjoy. [Obs.] Bp. Peacock.
- 3.To give joi to; to make joyful; to gladden. I me rejoysed of my liberty. Chaucer. While she, great saint, rejoices heaven. Prior. Were he [Cain] alive, it would rejoice his soul to see what mischief it had made. Arbuthnot.
- 4.The act of rejoicing. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- cheer
- delight
- exhilarate
- to please
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- agnomen
- all
- amusement
- and
- anniversary
- antonomasia
- antonym
- arch
- artillery
- baptism
- baptize
- bean
- best
- bonfire
- by-name
- byword
- calf
- call
- can
- cant
- caption
- celebrate
- celebrated
- celebration
- ceremony
- chair
- characterize
- china
- christen
- clepe
- cognomen
- cognominal
- cognomination
- comes
- commemorate
- commemoration
- commemorative
- commendation
- compellation
- compliment
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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