Dictionary entry

Joy (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.