exult
verb /ɪɡˈzʌlt/
/ɪɡˈzʌlt/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they exult | /ɪɡˈzʌlt/ /ɪɡˈzʌlt/ |
| he / she / it exults | /ɪɡˈzʌlts/ /ɪɡˈzʌlts/ |
| past simple exulted | /ɪɡˈzʌltɪd/ /ɪɡˈzʌltɪd/ |
| past participle exulted | /ɪɡˈzʌltɪd/ /ɪɡˈzʌltɪd/ |
| -ing form exulting | /ɪɡˈzʌltɪŋ/ /ɪɡˈzʌltɪŋ/ |
- to feel and show that you are very excited and happy because of something that has happened
- exult (at/in something) He leaned back, exulting at the success of his plan.
- + speech ‘We won!’ she exulted.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin exsultare, frequentative of exsilire ‘leap up’, from ex- ‘out, upward’ + salire ‘to leap’.