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Joy
(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.

Joy
(Joy), v. t.

1. To give joy to; to congratulate. [Obs.] "Joy us of our conquest." Dryden.

To joy the friend, or grapple with the foe.

Prior.

2. To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate. [Obs.]

Neither pleasure's art can joy my spirits.

Shak.

3. To enjoy. [Obs.] See Enjoy.

Who might have lived and joyed immortal bliss.

Milton.

Joyance
(Joy"ance) n. [OF. joiance.] Enjoyment; gayety; festivity; joyfulness. Spenser.

Some days of joyance are decreed to all.

Byron.

From what hid fountains doth thy joyance flow?

Trench.

Joyancy
(Joy"an*cy) n. Joyance. [R.] Carlyle.

Joyful
(Joy"ful) a. Full of joy; having or causing joy; very glad; as, a joyful heart. "Joyful tidings." Shak.

My soul shall be joyful in my God.

Is. lxi. 10.

Sad for their loss, but joyful of our life.

Pope.

— Joy"ful*ly, adv. — Joy"ful*ness, n.

Joyless
(Joy"less), a. Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable. — Joy"less*ly, adv. — Joy"less*ness, n.

With downcast eyes the joyless victor sat.

Dryden.

Youth and health and war are joyless to him.

Addison.

[He] pining for the lass,
Is joyless of the grove, and spurns the growing grass.

Dryden.

Joyous
(Joy"ous) a. [OE. joyous, joious, joios, F. joyeux.See Joy.] Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy.

Is this your joyous city?

Is. xxiii. 7.

They all as glad as birds of joyous prime.

Spenser.

And joyous of our conquest early won.

Dryden.

Syn. — Merry; lively; blithe; gleeful; gay; glad; mirthful; sportive; festive; joyful; happy; blissful; charming; delightful.

— Joy"ous*ly, adv. — Joy"ous*ness, n.