Joy: alternatives and connections

To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dor…

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Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.

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A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting…

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To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle.

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To call out; to summon forth.

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Trial, as a test or experiment.

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To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

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The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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To bring forth young.

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To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite…

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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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The face; the countenance or its expression.

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To be in high spirits; figuratively, to leap for joy; to rejoice in triumph or exceedingly; to triumph; as, an exulting heart.

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To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate.

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To make excessively joyful; to gratify extremely.

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A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity.

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The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people.

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The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.

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The state of being exuberant; an overflowing quantity; a copious or excessive production or supply; superabundance; richness; as, an exuberance of jo…

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The act of exulting; lively joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight; triumph.

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A triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation.

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The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace.

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A recitation or song of a rhapsodist; a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation, or usually recited, at one time; hence, a division of the Ili…

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A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy.

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A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy.

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Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy.

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Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy.

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To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy.

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To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy.

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To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted.

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To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted.

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of Rejoice

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of Rejoice

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To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate.

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A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy.

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To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate.

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The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or…

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To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted.

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The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief a…

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The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief a…

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