Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rejoice
Participle: rejoiced
Gerund: rejoicing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | rejoice |
| you | rejoice |
| he;she;it | rejoices |
| we | rejoice |
| you | rejoice |
| they | rejoice |
Perfect
| I | have rejoiced |
| you | have rejoiced |
| he;she;it | has rejoiced |
| we | have rejoiced |
| you | have rejoiced |
| they | have rejoiced |
Past
| I | rejoiced |
| you | rejoiced |
| he;she;it | rejoiced |
| we | rejoiced |
| you | rejoiced |
| they | rejoiced |
Pluperfect
| I | had rejoiced |
| you | had rejoiced |
| he;she;it | had rejoiced |
| we | had rejoiced |
| you | had rejoiced |
| they | had rejoiced |
Future
| I | will rejoice |
| you | will rejoice |
| he;she;it | will rejoice |
| we | will rejoice |
| you | will rejoice |
| they | will rejoice |
Future Perfect
| I | will have rejoiced |
| you | will have rejoiced |
| he;she;it | will have rejoiced |
| we | will have rejoiced |
| you | will have rejoiced |
| they | will have rejoiced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rejoice |
| you | rejoice |
| he;she;it | rejoice |
| we | rejoice |
| you | rejoice |
| they | rejoice |
Perfect
| I | have rejoiced |
| you | have rejoiced |
| he;she;it | have rejoiced |
| we | have rejoiced |
| you | have rejoiced |
| they | have rejoiced |
Imperfect
| I | rejoiced |
| you | rejoiced |
| he;she;it | rejoiced |
| we | rejoiced |
| you | rejoiced |
| they | rejoiced |
Pluperfect
| I | had rejoiced |
| you | had rejoiced |
| he;she;it | had rejoiced |
| we | had rejoiced |
| you | had rejoiced |
| they | had rejoiced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would rejoice |
| you | would rejoice |
| he;she;it | would rejoice |
| we | would rejoice |
| you | would rejoice |
| they | would rejoice |
Perfect
| I | would have rejoiced |
| you | would have rejoiced |
| he;she;it | would have rejoiced |
| we | would have rejoiced |
| you | would have rejoiced |
| they | would have rejoiced |
Imperative
| you | rejoice |
| we | Let's rejoice |
| you | rejoice |
Verbs conjugated like 'rejoice'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'rejoice'
rejoyce,
revoice,
bevoice,
devoice,
rejoin,
rejoint,
renice,
reprice,
reslice,
bespice,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1303, "to enjoy the possession of," from O.Fr.
rejoiss-, stem of
rejoissant, prp. of
rejoir "gladden, rejoice," from
re-, intensive prefix +
joir "be glad," from L.
gaudere "rejoice" (see joy). Originally sense in
to rejoice in. Meaning "to be full of joy" is recorded from c.1374.
2. From Middle English rejoicen, rejoisen, from Old French resjoir. Doublet of rejoy. Compare French réjouir; Spanish regocijar; Portuguese regozijar; Italian gioire See: Old French '
resjoir', French '
réjouir', Spanish '
regocijar', Portuguese '
regozijar', Italian '
gioire'.
Verbs referencing "rejoice"
Spanish
regocijar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] There were a great many boarders in it; and as many lights sparkled and glistened from the windows down into the street below, when we drove up, as if it had been illuminated on some occasion of rejoicing. It is an excellent house, and the proprietors have most bountiful notions of providing the creature comforts. Dining alone with my wife in our own room, one day, I counted fourteen dishes on the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] her simple friend, the old child and the young one, felt just alike about it. All that they knew was, that they spoke of a glory to be revealed,—a wondrous something yet to come, wherein their soul rejoiced, yet knew not why; and though it be not so in the physical, yet in moral science that which cannot be understood is not always profitless. For the soul awakes, a trembling stranger, between two dim [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] another slave, while it was possible to free him; that nobody, through me, should ever run the risk of being parted from home and friends, and dying on a lonely plantation, as he died. So, when you rejoice in your freedom, think that you owe it to that good old soul, and pay it back in kindness to his wife and children. Think of your freedom, every time you see UNCLE TOM 'S CABIN; and let it be a [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)