different between rejoice vs overjoyed
rejoice
English
Alternative forms
- rejoyce
Etymology
From Middle English rejoicen, rejoisen, from Old French resjoir. Compare also English rejoy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???d????s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Verb
rejoice (third-person singular simple present rejoices, present participle rejoicing, simple past and past participle rejoiced)
- (intransitive) To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy. [from 14thc.]
- 1748, David Hume, 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.
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, Oxford University Press, 1973, §6:
- (obsolete, transitive) To have (someone) as a lover or spouse; to enjoy sexually. [15th-16thc.]
- (transitive) To make happy, exhilarate. [from 15thc.]
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations
- Were he [Cain] alive, it would rejoice his soul to see what mischief it had made.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber, 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p.790-1:
- 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.
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations
- (obsolete) To enjoy.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Peacock to this entry?)
Derived terms
- rejoiceful
- rejoiceless
- rejoicement
Translations
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overjoyed
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?o?v??d???d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???v??d???d/
- Rhymes: -??d
Adjective
overjoyed (comparative more overjoyed, superlative most overjoyed)
- Very happy.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:happy
Translations
Verb
overjoyed
- simple past tense and past participle of overjoy
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