triumph

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To be victorious or successful; win.
2. v. To rejoice over a success or victory; exult.
3. v. To receive honors upon return from a victory in ancient Rome. Used of a general.
4. n. The fact of being victorious; victory or conquest. See Synonyms at victory.
5. n. A noteworthy or spectacular success.
6. n. Exultation or rejoicing over victory or success.
7. n. A public celebration in ancient Rome to welcome a returning victorious commander and his army.
8. n. Obsolete A public celebration or spectacular pageant.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. In Roman antiquity, a procession and religious ceremony in honor of a victory and the victorious leader. This, the highest military honor which a Roman commander could attain, was granted by the senate to such as, holding the office of dictator, consul, or pretor, had secured a decisive victory or the complete subjugation of a province. In the triumph the general, crowned with laurel, and having a scepter in one hand and a branch of laurel in the other, entered the city of Rome in a chariot drawn by four horses, preceded by the senate and magistrates, musicians, the spoils, the captives in fetters, etc., and followed by his army on foot, in marching order. The procession advanced in this order along the Via Sacra to the Capitol, where a bull was sacrificed to Jupiter and the laurel wreath was deposited in the lap of the god. Banquets and other entertainments concluded the solemnity, which was generally brought to a close in one day, though in later times it sometimes lasted for three days. Duriug the time of the empire the emperor himself was the only person who could claim a triumph. A naval triumph differed in no respect from a military triumph, except that it was on a smaller scale, and was marked by the exhibition of beaks of ships and other nautical trophies. An ovation was an honor inferior to a triumph, and less imposing in its ceremonies.
2. n. A public festivity or display of any kind, as an exhibition of masks; a tournament, stately procession, or pageant; a spectacle.
3. n. The state of being victorious; the flush of victory.
4. n. Successful enterprise or consummation; achievement; conquest.
5. n. Joy or exultation for success; great gladness; rejoicing.
6. n. A card of a suit which outranks all others; a trump. See trump, 1.
7. n. An old game of cards, from which whist is probably derived; trump. See ruff and trump, 2.
8. n. See the quotation and tarot.
9. n. Synonyms Joy, Delight, etc. (see gladness), jubilee, jubilation.
10. To enjoy a triumph, as a victorious general; ride in a triumph; celebrate successful achievement.
11. To gain a victory; achieve success; prevail.
12. To rejoice for victory; exult or boast.
13. To take a trick; trump.
14. To shine forth; make a brilliant show.
15. To succeed in overcoming; prevail over; subdue; conquer.
16. To cause to triumph; give victory to.
17. To exult over; boast over.

Wiktionary

1. n. A conclusive success following an effort, conflict, or confrontation of obstacles; victory; conquest.
2. n. A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a victor.
3. n. Any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant.
4. n. A state of joy or exultation at success.
5. n. A trump card.
6. n. A card game, also called trump.
7. v. To prevail over rivals, challenges, or difficulties.
8. v. To succeed, win, or attain ascendancy.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy.
2. n. Hence, any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant.
3. n. A state of joy or exultation for success.
4. n. Success causing exultation; victory; conquest.
5. n. A trump card; also, an old game at cards.
6. v. To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.
7. v. To obtain victory; to be successful; to prevail.
8. v. To be prosperous; to flourish.
9. v. To play a trump card.
10. v. To obtain a victory over; to prevail over; to conquer. Also, to cause to triumph.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. be ecstatic with joy
2. v. prove superior
3. n. the exultation of victory
4. n. a successful ending of a struggle or contest
5. v. dwell on with satisfaction
6. v. to express great joy