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rejoice

verb no object
⦅文⦆ 〈人が〉 «…を» 喜ぶ «at, over, in» ; 〖to do/~ that節〗 …して[…ということに]喜ぶ, 歓喜する, うれしがる
e.g. he rejoiced in her spontaneity and directness
e.g. he rejoiced when he saw his friend alive.
with object archaic cause joy to:
⦅ややまれ⦆ ; 〖通例be ~d〗 «…に/…して» 喜ぶ «at, by/to do» .
e.g. I love to rejoice their poor Hearts at this season.

DERIVATIVES

ORIGIN
Middle English (in the sense ‘cause joy to’): from Old French rejoiss-, lengthened stem of rejoir, from re- (expressing intensive force) + joirexperience joy’.