From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrejoicere‧joice /rɪˈdʒɔɪs/ verb [intransitive] 1 literaryHAPPY to feel or show that you are very happyrejoice at/over/in His family rejoiced at the news. We rejoiced in our good fortune.2 → rejoice in the name/title (of) something→ See Verb table
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rejoice• The birds were sweetly singing in the trees, the flowers were beautifully blooming, and all nature seemed to be rejoicing.• The long bureaucratic struggle was over, and Alsop rejoiced.• She judged the garden to be about two acres in extent, and rejoiced anew at her amazing luck.• In a sense, one should rejoice at such good fortune.• But he rejoiced in his success.• Rather, they are simply a time to get the entire school population together and rejoice in who they are.• In each case women from neighbouring and related families come to mourn or rejoice with them.rejoice at/over/in• They were feasting and rejoicing in a land of milk and honey.• But he rejoiced in his success.• She crawled closer to the funeral pyre, rejoicing in its warmth, and slept.• In a sense, one should rejoice at such good fortune.• While rejoicing in the first full month of the closed fishing season also look out for the pale new leaves of spring.• Gen Pinochet's opponents rejoiced at the news.• Last night the motor industry was rejoicing at the unexpected cut.Origin rejoice (1300-1400) Old French rejoir, from Latin gaudere “to rejoice” 