JOY
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Joy (joi), n. [OE. joye, OF. joye, joie, goie, F. joie, L. gaudia, pl. of gaudium joy, fr. gaudere to rejoice, to be glad; cf. Gr. gai`ein to rejoice, gay^ros proud. Cf. Gaud, Jewel.]
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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.
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Her heavenly form beheld, all wished her joy.
Dryden.
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Glides the smooth current of domestic joy.
Johnson.
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Who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame.
Heb. xii. 2.
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Tears of true joy for his return.
Shak.
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Joy is a delight of the mind, from the consideration of the present or assured approaching possession of a good.
Locke.
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2. That which causes joy or happiness.
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For ye are our glory and joy.
1 Thess. ii. 20.
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Keats.
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3. The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.
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Such joy made Una, when her knight she found.
Spenser.
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The roofs with joy resound.
Dryden.
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&hand_; 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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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.
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I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Hab. iii. 18.
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In whose sight all things joy.
Milton.
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Joy, v. t. 1. To give joy to; to congratulate. [Obs.] “Joy us of our conquest.” Dryden.
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To joy the friend, or grapple with the foe.
Prior.
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2. To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate. [Obs.]
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Neither pleasure's art can joy my spirits.
Shak.
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3. To enjoy. [Obs.] See Enjoy.
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Who might have lived and joyed immortal bliss.
Milton.
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