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   Joy (joi), n. [OE. joye, OF. joye, joie, goie, F. joie, L. gaudia, pl. of gaudium joy, fr. gaudere to rejoice, to be glad; cf. Gr. γαίειν to rejoice, γαῦρος proud.  Cf. Gaud, Jewel.]
   
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   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.
   
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   Her heavenly form beheld, all wished her joy. Dryden.
   
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   Glides the smooth current of domestic joy. Johnson.
   
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   Who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame. Heb. xii. 2.
   
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   Tears of true joy for his return. Shak.
   
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   Joy is a delight of the mind, from the consideration of the present or assured approaching possession of a good. Locke.
   
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   2. That which causes joy or happiness.
   
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   For ye are our glory and joy. 1 Thess. ii. 20.
   
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   A thing of beauty is a joy forever. Keats.
   
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   3. The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.
   
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   Such joy made Una, when her knight she found. Spenser.
   
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   The roofs with joy resound. Dryden.
   
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   ☞ Joy is used in composition, esp. with participles, to from many self-explaining compounds; as, joy-bells, joy-bringing, joy-inspiring, joy-resounding, etc.
   
   Syn. -- Gladness; pleasure; delight; happiness; exultation; transport; felicity; ecstasy; rapture; bliss; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity; hilarity.
   
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   Joy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Joyed (joid); p. pr. & vb. n. Joying.] [OF. joir, F. jouir. See Joy, n.] To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.
   
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   I will joy in the God of my salvation. Hab. iii. 18.
   
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   In whose sight all things joy. Milton.
   
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   Joy, v. t.
   1. To give joy to; to congratulate. [Obs.] “Joy us of our conquest.”  Dryden.
   
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   To joy the friend, or grapple with the foe. Prior.
   
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   2. To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate. [Obs.]
   
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   Neither pleasure's art can joy my spirits. Shak.
   
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   3. To enjoy. [Obs.] See Enjoy.
   
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   Who might have lived and joyed immortal bliss. Milton.
   
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