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rejoice Definition

re·joice (ri jo̵is)

intransitive verb -·joiced, -·joic·ing

to be glad, happy, or delighted; be full of joy: often with at or in

Etymology: ME rejoissen < inflectional stem of OFr rejoïr < re-, again + joïr, to be glad < VL *gaudire, for L gaudere, to rejoice: see joy

transitive verb

to make glad; delight

rejoice Related Forms

re·joic·ingly adverb

rejoice Synonyms

rejoice

v.

rejoice Usage Examples

Object

  • thou: Rejoice, thou who from the morning of thy life hast served Him Alone!
  • heart: The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
  • earth: Now it wells up: Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; burst into song, O mountains!
  • Christian: Rejoice, ye first Christians who brought wisdom from Rome and never cease to intercede for us with Christ our God.

Preposition: at

sight: In a moment they were all out of the chaise, rejoicing at the sight of each other.

Modifying Another Word

  • exceedingly: I rejoiced exceedingly to hear of the death of our sister Molly Godwin.
  • greatly: It says this: Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion!
  • together: O Christ, king of kings, we pray to thee, rejoicing together; have mercy.

Followed by an intransitive particle

over: Rather than rejoicing over our tidy asset base, we complain about the downside of the property market.

Used with why or when

when: Heath thought himself thereby hard treated and he rejoiced when Thatcher was ousted from power.

Infinitive complement

  • hear: My Love in Heaven, bid me rejoice To hear once more love's earthly voice!
  • see: Costa rejoiced to see the remarkable change in her daughter.

Preposition: in

  • midst: You are to rejoice in the midst of trial.
  • fellowship: Rejoicing in the fellowship of the church on earth, let us pray with Chad and all the Saints in glory.
  • blessing: Do you rejoice more in the blessing that comes to others than you do in that which comes to you?
  • hope: We rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
  • glory: One day just rejoicing in the glories and the beauties of the Son of God!
  • grace: Mr. Gwynne, of Garth, accompanied us, and rejoiced greatly in the grace given them.

Preposition: with

  • joy: It didn't matter what was happening to him, he continued to rejoice with joy.
  • truth: Tho love does not delight in evil but rather rejoices with the truth.