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Definition of Joyed
1. joy [v] - See also: joy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Joyed
Literary usage of Joyed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"... tales have en- novelist with a good sense of the ridiculous, joyed a very
great and deserved popu- and a clear headed lawyer to boot, may make larity. ..."
2. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1839)
"money; being not a little joyed, when they understood the king had given them
more time than they expected, to compose all disorders and divisions among ..."
3. The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom on the Second Epistle of St. Paul the by Saint John Chrysostom, John Chrysostom, J. Ashworth (1848)
"And in your comfort, exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Til us ...
Yes,' he replies, ' it is, for I joyed not so much for his cause as for yours. ..."
4. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"... where they are all joyed, and not a little puffed up at the good success of
their father; and good service indeed is said to have been done by him. ..."
5. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Joseph Torrey (1851)
"The calm which the Christians en joyed in consequence of this 'change, continued
under the reign of ..."
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