rejoice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪs/
rhymes: -ɔɪs
Forms: form: rejoices
form: rejoicing
form: rejoiced
form: rejoiced
form: rejoyce
Etymology: From Middle English rejoicen, rejoisen, from Old French resjoir. Doublet of rejoy. Compare French réjouir; Spanish regocijar; Portuguese regozijar; Italian gioire
Senses: examples: text: Obscurity, indeed, is painful to the mind as well as to the eye ; but to bring light from obscurity, by whatever labour, must needs to be delightful and rejoicing.
ref: 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, Oxford University Press, published 1973, §6:
text: At Waterhouses and Hulme End the usual booking office, waiting room and other station accommodation were to be found, but the remaining stations […] were mere stopping places, some of which rejoiced in a small shed for waiting passengers, others without any kind of shelter whatsoever.
ref: 1945 September and October, H. C. Casserley, “The Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:
text: Leicester closed out the win to spark emotional scenes as those inside Wembley rejoiced in a landmark victory.
ref: 2021 May 15, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-1 Leicester”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: blithen
delight
rapture
glosses: To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy.
examples: text: ye that are a knyghte wyueles that ye wyl not loue some mayden or gentylwoman /[…]/ but hit is noysed that ye loue quene Gueneuer / and that she hath ordeyned by enchauntement that ye shal neuer loue none other / but her / ne none other damoysel ne lady shall reioyse you
ref: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter X, in Le Morte Darthur, book VI:
glosses: To have (someone) as a lover or spouse; to enjoy sexually.
examples: text: Were he [Cain] alive, it would rejoice his soul to see what mischief it had made.
ref: 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations:
text: But good news awaited them in the form of permission to travel about the area replenishing medical stocks in hospitals and clinics, and this task was delegated to Constance, as the newcomer, a fact which rejoiced her.
ref: 1982, Lawrence Durrell, “Constance”, in Avignon Quintet, Faber & Faber, published 2004, pages 790–1:
synonyms: word: elate
word: happify
word: beatify
word: begladden
word: blissen
word: bright
word: cheer
word: cheer up
word: content
word: delight
word: elate
word: enbliss
word: exhilarate
word: fain
word: gay
word: gladden
word: gladden someone's heart
word: gratify
word: happify
word: happy
word: hearten
word: jollify
word: laetificate
word: light up
word: make someone's day
word: perk up
word: please
word: raise someone's spirits
word: rejoice
word: turn the frown upside down
word: upcheer
word: warm someone's heart
word: warm the cockles of someone's heart
glosses: To make happy, exhilarate.
examples: c. 1449–1455, Reginald Peacock, Represser of over-much weeting [blaming] of the Clergie
his brother Constans next aftir him rejoiced the same west-parti.
glosses: To enjoy.
Derived terms: rejoiceful
rejoiceless
rejoicement