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  • verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of rejoice.

Etymologies

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rejoice +‎ -est

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Examples

  • Quoth Musa, “I hear thee praise the Lord and hallow Him, and meseemeth thou rejoicest.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • But he was silent and made no reply, whereupon cried the King, What aileth thee that thou rejoicest not in my joy and returnest me no answer?

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • Whereat then rejoicest thou, O great Paul? whereat rejoicest thou? whereon feedest thou, O man, renewed in the knowledge of God, after the image of Him that created thee, thou living soul, of so much continency, thou tongue like flying fowls, speaking mysteries?

    The Confessions 1999

  • For Thou rejoicest in us, and in Thy holy angels, holy through holy charity.

    The Confessions 1999

  • What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.

    Jeremiah 11. 1999

  • For it is thou who rejoicest both in us and in thy angels, who are holy through holy love.

    Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler 345-430 1955

  • Whereto Rudeger, the high-hearted knight, answered, "Thou rejoicest with cause, for my mistress's kinsmen are men of proven worth, and they bring many valiant knights with them."

    The Fall of the Niebelungs Margaret [Translator] Armour

  • Art thou in thy senses, and not mad, lady? who having destroyed the king and family, rejoicest at hearing it, and fearest not such things?

    The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. 480? BC-406 BC Euripides

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