re|joice

re|joice
re|joice «rih JOYS», verb, -joiced, -joic|ing.
–v.i.
to be glad; be filled with joy: »

Mother rejoiced at our success.

–v.t.
1. to make glad; fill with joy: »

Good news rejoices the heart.

SYNONYM(S): cheer, delight.
2. Obsolete. to be joyful at: »

Ne'er mother Rejoiced deliverance more (Shakespeare).

╂[< Old French rejoïss-, stem of rejoïr < re- again + esjoïr < es- (Latin ex-) out (of) + joïr be glad < Vulgar Latin gaudīre, for Latin gaudēre be glad]
–re|joic´er, noun.

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