Joy , v. t. 1. To
give joy to;
to congratulate.
[Obs.]
"Joy us of our conquest." Dryden.
To joy the friend, or grapple with the foe.
Prior. 2. To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate. [Obs.]
Neither pleasure's art can joy my spirits.
Shak. 3. To enjoy. [Obs.] See Enjoy.
Who
might have lived and joyed immortal bliss.
Milton.
Joy , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Joyed (joid);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Joying.]
[OF. joir, F. jouir. See Joy, n.] To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.
I will joy in the
God of my salvation.
Hab. iii. 18.
In whose sight all things joy.
Milton.
Joy (?), n. [OE.
joye, OF. joye, joie, goie,
F. joie, L. gaudia, pl.
of gaudium joy, fr.
gaudere to rejoice, to be glad; cf.
Gr. &?; to rejoice, &?; proud. Cf. Gaud, Jewel.]
1. The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings
or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational
prospect of possessing what we love
or desire; gladness; exhilaration
of spirits; delight.
Her heavenly
form beheld, all wished her joy.
Dryden.
Glides the smooth current of domestic joy.
Johnson.
Who, for the joy that was set
before him, endured the cross, despising the shame.
Heb.
xii. 2. Tears of true joy for his return.
Shak.
Joy is a delight of
the mind, from the consideration of the present or assured approaching possession of a good.
Locke. 2. That which causes joy or happiness.
For ye are our glory
and joy.
1
Thess. ii. 20. A thing of beauty is a
joy forever.
Keats.
3. The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.
Such joy made Una, when her knight she found.
Spenser. The roofs with joy resound.
Dryden. &fist; Joy is used in composition, esp. with
participles, to from many self-explaining compounds; as, joy-bells, joy-bringing, joy-inspiring, joy-resounding, etc.
Syn. -- Gladness; pleasure; delight; happiness; exultation;
transport; felicity;
ecstasy; rapture; bliss; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity; hilarity.
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