1. [v]  to express great joy; "As if the sea, and sky, and earth, rejoiced with new-born liberty." Shelley
2. [v]  feel happiness or joy
3. [v]  be ecstatic with joy

REJOICE is a 7 letter word that starts with R.

1. \Re*joice"\ (r[-e]*jois"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
   {Rejoiced} (-joist"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rejoicing}
   (-joi"s?ng).] [OE. rejoissen, OF. resjouir, resjoir, F.
   r['e]jouir; pref. re- re- + OF, esjouir, esjoir, F.
   ['e]jouir, to rejoice; pref. es- (L. ex-) + OF. jouir, joir,
   F. jouir, from L. gaudere to rejoice. See {Joy}.]
   To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have
   pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted. ``O, rejoice
   beyond a common joy.'' --Shak.
   
         I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. --Ps. xxxi. 7.
   
   Syn: To delight; joy; exult; triumph.
   
   

2. \Re*joice"\, v. t.
   1. To enjoy. [Obs.] --Bp. Peacock.
   
   2. To give joy to; to make joyful; to gladden.
   
            I me rejoysed of my liberty.          --Chaucer.
   
            While she, great saint, rejoices heaven. --Prior.
   
            Were he [Cain] alive, it would rejoice his soul to
            see what mischief it had made.        --Arbuthnot.
   
   Syn: To please; cheer; exhilarate; delight.
   
   

3. \Re*joice"\, n.
   The act of rejoicing. --Sir T. Browne.