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ex⋅ult

[ig-zuhlt]
–verb (used without object)
1. to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice exceedingly; be highly elated or jubilant: They exulted over their victory.
2. Obsolete. to leap, esp. for joy.

Origin:
1560–70; < L ex(s)ultāre to leap up, equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + -sultāre (comb. form of saltāre to leap)
Language Translation for : exult
Spanish: regocijarse, German: frohlocken, triumphieren, Japanese: 大喜びをする
ex·ult     (ĭg-zŭlt')  Pronunciation Key 
intr.v.   ex·ult·ed, ex·ult·ing, ex·ults
  1. To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant.
  2. Obsolete To leap upward, especially for joy.

[Latin exsultāre : ex-, ex- + saltāre, to dance, frequentative of salīre, to leap; see sel- in Indo-European roots.]
ex·ul'tance, ex·ul'tan·cy n., ex·ult'ing·ly adv.
exult

verb
1. feel extreme happiness or elation 
2. to express great joy; "Who cannot exult in Spring?" [syn: exuberate

Exult

Ex*ult"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exulting.] [L. exultare, exsultare, exultatum, exsultatum, to leap vigorously, to exult, intens. fr. exsilire to spring out or up; ex out + salire to spring, leap: cf. F. exulter. See Salient.] To be in high spirits; figuratively, to leap for joy; to rejoice in triumph or exceedingly; to triumph; as, an exulting heart. "An exulting countenance." --Bancroft.

The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding roe. --Pope.

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