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exult, v.|ɛgˈzʌlt|
Also 6 exulte.
[ad. F. exulte-r, ad. L. ex(s)ultā-re, freq. of exsilīre to leap up, f. ex- out + salīre to leap.]
†1. intr. To spring or leap up; to leap for joy. Obs.
1570in Levins Manip. 187 To Exulte, exultare. c1611Chapman Iliad xiii. 28 The whales exulted under him. 1652French Yorksh. Spa iii. 36 A Fountain..doth at the sound of a pipe rejoycingly exult and leap up. 1715–20Pope Iliad xiii. 47 The sea..Exults, and owns the monarch of the main. 1727Bailey vol. II, Exulted, leaped and skipped for Joy.
2. To rejoice exceedingly, be elated or glad; to triumph. Const. in (at, on, over), and inf.
1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. i. ix. (1611) 24 Nature exulting..in certaine hope of reward. 1601Shakes. Twel. N. ii. v. 8 To. Wouldst thou not be glad?..Fab. I would exult man. 1756C. Lucas Ess. Waters I. Ded., Who can..not exult in being born a Briton? 1801Southey Thalaba ii. xviii, Her soul Exulted. 1828D'Israeli Chas. I, II. v. 126 Every one seemed to exult at the happy change which a few days had effected. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. viii. 90 We..exult to think we need no catering for the morrow. 1865Swinburne Poems & Ballads, Satire to C. 50 As plague in a poisonous city Insults and exults on her dead. |