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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
rejoice
re·joice [rejoice rejoices rejoiced rejoicing] BrE [rɪˈdʒɔɪs] NAmE [rɪˈdʒɔɪs] verb intransitive, transitive (formal) to express great happiness about sth •When the war ended, people finally had cause to rejoice. •~ at/in/over sth The motor industry is rejoicing at the cut in car tax. •~ to do sth They rejoiced to see their son well again. •~ that… I rejoice that justice has prevailed. Idiom: ↑rejoice in the name of … Verb forms: Word Origin: Middle English (in the sense ‘cause joy to’): from Old French rejoiss-, lengthened stem of rejoir, from re- (expressing intensive force) + joir ‘experience joy’.
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