JOY (2)

joy (2). Joy, n. a lively sense of good, cause of pleasure, gladness, happiness

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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. I will joy in the God of my salvation. Hab. iii. 18. In whose sight all things joy. Milton.