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overjoy

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o⋅ver⋅joy

  [oh-ver-joi]
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–verb (used with object)
to cause to feel great joy or delight; elate: It overjoys me to hear of your good fortune. I was overjoyed at her safe arrival.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see over-, joy

Related forms:
o⋅ver⋅joyed, adjective
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o·ver·joy   (ō'vər-joi')   
tr.v.   o·ver·joyed, o·ver·joy·ing, o·ver·joys
To fill with joy; delight.
o'ver·joyed' (-joid') adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

overjoy  (v.)
1382, "to rejoice over," from over + joy (q.v.); translating L. supergaudere (in Psalms xxxiv, etc.). Transitive sense of "to fill with gladness" is first recorded 1571 (now usually in pp.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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