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Rejoice

REJOICE, verb intransitive rejois'.

To experience joy and gladness in a high degree; to be exhilarated with lively and pleasurable sensations; to exult.

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. Proverbs 29:2.

I will rejoice in thy salvation. Psalms 9:14.

REJOICE, verb transitive rejois'. To make joyful; to gladden; to animate with lively pleasurable sensations; to exhilarate.

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father. Proverbs 29:3.

While she, great saint, rejoices heaven.