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re⋅joice

  [ri-jois] verb, -joiced, -joic⋅ing.
Use rejoice in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to be glad; take delight (often fol. by in): to rejoice in another's happiness.
–verb (used with object)
2. to make joyful; gladden: a song to rejoice the heart.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME rejoicen < OF rejouiss-, long s. of rejouir, equiv. to re- re- + jouir to rejoice; see joy

Related forms:
re⋅joice⋅ful, adjective
re⋅joic⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. revel, exult, glory.
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re·joice   (rĭ-jois')   
v.   re·joiced, re·joic·ing, re·joic·es

v.   intr.
To feel joyful; be delighted: rejoiced at the news; rejoiced in her friend's good fortune.
v.   tr.
To fill with joy; gladden.
Phrasal Verb(s):
rejoice inTo have or possess: rejoices in a keen mind.

[Middle English rejoicen, from Old French rejoir, rejoiss- : re-, re- + joir, to be joyful (from Vulgar Latin *gaudīre, from Latin gaudēre; see gāu- in Indo-European roots).]
re·joic'er n.
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Word Origin & History

rejoice 
c.1303, "to enjoy the possession of," from O.Fr. rejoiss-, stem of rejoissant, prp. of rejoir "gladden, rejoice," from re-, intensive prefix + joir "be glad," from L. gaudere "rejoice" (see joy). Originally sense in to rejoice in. Meaning "to be full of joy" is recorded from c.1374.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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