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Webster 1913 Edition
Exult
Ex-ult′
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Exulted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Exulting
.] [L.
exultare
, exsultare
, exultatum
, exsultatum
, to leap vigorously, to exult, intens. fr. exsilire
to spring out or up; ex
out + salire
to spring, leap: cf. F. exulter
. See Salient
.] To be in high spirits; figuratively, to leap for joy; to rejoice in triumph or exceedingly; to triumph;
“An exulting countenance.” as, an
. exulting
heartBancroft.
Webster 1828 Edition
Exult
EXULT'
,Verb.
I.
Properly, to leap for joy; hence, to rejoice in triumph; to rejoice exceedingly, at success or victory; to be glad above measure; to triumph. It is natural to man to exult at the success of his schemes, and to exult over a fallen adversary.