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Webster 1913 Edition
Joy
Joy
(joi)
, Noun.
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.
Her heavenly form beheld, all wished her
joy
. Dryden.
Glides the smooth current of domestic
joy
. Johnson.
Who, for the
joy
that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame. Heb. xii. 2.
Tears of true
joy
for his return. Shakespeare
Joy
is a delight of the mind, from the consideration of the present or assured approaching possession of a good. Locke.
2.
That which causes joy or happiness.
For ye are our glory and
joy
. 1 Thess. ii. 20.
A thing of beauty is a
joy
forever. Keats.
3.
The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.
Such
joy
made Una, when her knight she found. Spenser.
The roofs with
joy
resound. Dryden.
Syn. – Gladness; pleasure; delight; happiness; exultation; transport; felicity; ecstasy; rapture; bliss; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity; hilarity.
Joy
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Joyed
(joid)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Joying
.] To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.
I will
joy
in the God of my salvation. Hab. iii. 18.
In whose sight all things
joy
. Milton.
Joy
,Verb.
T.
1.
To give joy to; to congratulate.
[Obs.]
“Joy us of our conquest.” Dryden.
To
joy
the friend, or grapple with the foe. Prior.
2.
To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.
[Obs.]
Neither pleasure’s art can
joy
my spirits. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Joy
JOY
, n.1.
The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; that excitement of pleasurable feelings which is caused by success, good fortune,the gratification of desire or some good possessed, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exultation; exhilaration of spirits. Joy is a delight of the mind, from the consideration of the present or assured approaching possession of a good.
Bring heavenly balm to heal my country's wounds,
Joy to my soul and transport to my lay.
2.
Gayety; mirth; festivity. The roofs with joy resound.
3.
Happiness; felicity. Her heavenly form beheld, all wished her joy.
4.
A glorious and triumphant state. --Who for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross. Heb.12.
5.
The cause of joy or happiness. For ye are our glory and joy. 1 Thess 2.
6.
A term of fondness; the cause of you.JOY
,Verb.
I.
I will joy in the God of my salvation. Hab.3.
JOY
,Verb.
T.
1.
To gladden; to exhilarate. My soul was joyed in vain.
2.
To enjoy; to have or possess with pleasure, or to have pleasure in the possession of. [Little used. See Enjoy.]