rejoice /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪs/ verb4 •To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy.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. — 1748 •To make happy, exhilarate.Were he [Cain] alive, it would rejoice his soul to see what mischief it had made. — 1727 •(no longer used) To have (someone) as a lover or spouse; to enjoy sexually. •(no longer used) To enjoy.his brother Constans next aftir him rejoiced the same west-parti. — 1449 formsrejoiced · rejoicing · rejoices · rejoiceth · rejoicest