rejoice

Etymology

From Middle English rejoicen, rejoisen, from Old French resjoir. Compare also English rejoy.

verb

1. (intransitive) 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, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, Oxford University Press, published 1973, §6
   At Waterhouses and Hulme End the usual booking office, waiting room and other station accommodation were to be found, but the remaining stations […] were mere stopping places, some of which rejoiced in a small shed for waiting passengers, others without any kind of shelter whatsoever. 1945 September and October, H. C. Casserley, “The Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 265
   Leicester closed out the win to spark emotional scenes as those inside Wembley rejoiced in a landmark victory. May 15 2021, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-1 Leicester”, in BBC Sport
2. (obsolete, transitive) To have (someone) as a lover or spouse; to enjoy sexually.
3. (transitive) To make happy, exhilarate.
   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. 1982, Lawrence Durrell, “Constance”, in Avignon Quintet, Faber & Faber, published 2004, pages 790–1
4. (obsolete) To enjoy.
   c. 1449–1455, Reginald Peacock, Represser of over-much weeting [blaming] of the Clergie his brother Constans next aftir him rejoiced the same west-parti.