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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;
as, an
exulting
heart
.
“An exulting countenance.”
Bancroft.

Webster 1828 Edition


Exult

EXULT'

,
Verb.
I.
egzult'. [L. exulto; ex and salto, salio, to leap.]
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.

Definition 2024


exult

exult

English

Verb

exult (third-person singular simple present exults, present participle exulting, simple past and past participle exulted)

  1. to rejoice, be very happy

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