Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Rejoice

Rejoice (re*jois") , intransitive verb

[Old English rejoissen, Old French resjouir, resjoir, French réjouir; pref. re- re- + Old French esjouir, esjoir, French éjouir, to rejoice; pref. es- (Latin ex-) + Old French jouir, joir, French jouir, from Latin gaudere to rejoice. See Joy.]

To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted.
O, rejoice beyond a common joy. — Shakespeare
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. — Bible (KJV) - Psalm xxxi. 7

Rejoice , transitive verb

1.
To enjoy. [Obsolete] — Bp. Peacock
2.
To give joy to; to make joyful; to gladden.
I me rejoysed of my liberty. — Chaucer
While she, great saint, rejoices heaven. — Prior
Were he [Cain] alive, it would rejoice his soul to see what mischief it had made. — Arbuthnot

Rejoice , noun

The act of rejoicing. — Sir T. Browne