rejoice

iloita puhekieltä To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy. (defdate)
1748, (w), Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, Oxford University Press, 1973, §6:

Obscurity, indeed, is painful to the mind as well as to the eye ; but to bring light from obscurity, by whatever labour, must needs to be delightful and rejoicing.

ye that are a knyghte wyueles that ye wyl not loue some mayden or gentylwoman /(..)/ but hit is noysed that ye loue quene Gueneuer / and that she hath ordeyned by enchauntement that ye shal neuer loue none other / but her / ne none other damoysel ne lady shall reioyse you

Were he Cain alive, it would rejoice his soul to see what mischief it had made.

But good news awaited them in the form of permission to travel about the area replenishing medical stocks in hospitals and clinics, and this task was delegated to Constance, as the newcomer, a fact which rejoiced her.

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