v. Also 6 exulte. [ad. F. exulte-r, ad. L. ex(s)ultā-re, freq. of exsilīre to leap up, f. ex- out + salīre to leap.]
† 1. intr. To spring or leap up; to leap for joy. Obs.
1570. in Levins, Manip., 187. To Exulte, exultare.
1611. Chapman, Iliad, XIII. 28/170. The whales exulted vnder him.
1652. French, Yorksh. Spa, iii. 36. A Fountain … doth at the sound of a pipe rejoycingly exult and leap up.
1715–20. Pope, Iliad, XIII. 47. The sea … Exults, and owns the monarch of the main.
1727. Bailey, vol. II., Exulted, leaped and skipped for Joy.
2. To rejoice exceedingly, be elated or glad; to triumph. Const. in (at, on, over), and inf.
1594. Hooker, Eccl. Pol., I. ix. (1611), 24. Nature exulting … in certaine hope of reward.
1601. Shaks., Twel. N., II. v. 8. To. Wouldst thou not be glad?… Fab. I would exult man.
1756. C. Lucas, Ess. Waters, I. Ded. Who can … not exult at being born a BRITON?
1801. Southey, Thalaba, II. xviii. Her soul Exulted.
1828. D’Israeli, Charles I., II. v. 126. Every one seemed to exult at the happy change which a few days had effected in the fate of the kingdom.
1856. Kane, Arct. Expl., II. viii. 90. We … exult to think we need no catering for the morrow.
1865. Swinburne, Poems & Ballads, Satire to C., 50. As plague in a poisonous city Insults and exults on her dead.
