Joy

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To Enjoy.

II. Joy ·noun That which causes joy or happiness.

III. Joy ·vt To give joy to; to Congratulate.

IV. Joy ·noun The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.

V. Joy ·vt To Gladden; to make joyful; to Exhilarate.

VI. Joy ·noun To Rejoice; to be glad; to Delight; to Exult.

VII. Joy ·noun The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight.

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