Tri″umph, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Triumphed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Triumphing.] [L. triumphare: cf. F. triompher. See Triumph, n.] 1. To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.
How long shall the wicked triumph? Ps. xciv. 3.
Sorrow on thee and all the pack of you
That triumph thus upon my misery! Shak.
2. To obtain victory; to be successful; to prevail.
Triumphing over death, and chance, and thee, O Time. Milton.
On this occasion, however, genius triumphed. Macaulay.
3. To be prosperous; to flourish.
Where commerce triumphed on the favoring gales. Trumbull.
4. To play a trump card. B. Jonson.