Forms: see prec. sb. [a. OF. triumpher (13th c.), F. triompher, = Prov. triomfar, Sp. triunfar, Pg. triumphar, It. trionfare, ad. L. triumphāre, f. triumphus TRIUMPH.]
1. intr. To celebrate a Roman triumph.
1530. Palsgr., 762/2. I tryumphe for a conquest or a victorye gotten…. It was a marvaylouse syght to se the Romaynes tryumphe, whan they had the vyctorie of their ennemyes.
1607. Shaks., Cor., II. i. 194. Would’st thou haue laugh’d, had I come Coffin’d home, That weep’st to see me triumph?
a. 1656. Ussher, Ann., VI. (1658), 675. Upon the Ides of December, Q. Pedius Triumphed for Spain.
1764. Gibbon, Misc. Wks. (1814), IV. 375. He triumphed for his victories over the great Mithridates.
1846. Keightley, Notes Virg., Bucol., X. 26. The custom of the Roman generals, when triumphing and attired as Jupiter, to have their faces tinged with minium.
2. To be victorious; to prevail; to gain the mastery. Const. over, † against, † on, † of, † in.
1508. Dunbar, Poems, vii. 2. Renownit, ryall, right reuerend and serene Lord, hie trywmphing in wirschip and valoure. Ibid. (a. 1520), Poems, xxxvii. 39. He deit triumphand, he raiss and wan the feild.
1548–9. (Mar.) Bk. Com. Prayer, Private Baptism. To triumph againste hym [the devil], the worlde, and the fleshe.
1590. Spenser, F. Q., I. x. 56. [Bunduca] … Triumphed oft against her enemis; And yet, though overcome…, Shee triumphed on death.
1593. Shaks., Lucr., 77. Those two armies that would let him go Rather then triumph in so false a foe.
1610. Holland, Camden’s Brit. (1637), 39. Nations twice triumphed of.
1667. Milton, P. L., XII. 452. He shall ascend With victory, triumphing through the aire Over his foes and thine.
c. 1708. Lady M. W. Montagu, Lett., to Miss A. Wortley, 27 Aug. (1887), I. 37. Destiny triumphs over all your efforts.
1838. Thirlwall, Greece, II. xvi. 342. After praying them to remember his good will, if the cause of Greece triumphed, he rode away.
† b. trans. To cause to triumph. Obs. rare.
a. 1571. Jewel, On Thess. (1611), 143. God … hath triumphed the name of his Christ.
1582. N. T. (Rhem.), 2 Cor. ii. 14. Thankes be to God, who alwaies triumpheth vs in Christ Iesus.
† c. To triumph over; to conquer. Obs.
1603. B. Jonson, Sejanus, I. i. We, that,… were born Free, equal lords of the triumphed world, And knew no masters, but affections.
1626. Massinger, Rom. Actor, II. i. Two and thirty legions, that awe All nations of the triumphed world.
1667. Milton, P. L., X. 572. So oft they fell into the same illusion, not as Man Whom they triumph’d once lapst.
† 3. intr. To be in a state of pomp or magnificence. Cf. prec. 3. Obs.
1483. Caxton, Gold. Leg., 388 b/2. Thou shalt tryumphe as a quene in my royame.
1538. Starkey, England, I. iv. 131. Yongur bretherne go a beggyng, where as the eldur hath tryumphyd and lyuyd in plesure.
1553. Respublica, V. v. 1472. Making these newe Ladies of hir werie, We shoulde thrihumphe & reigne.
1568. [see TRIUMPHING vbl. sb.].
4. ‘To rejoice for victory’; to be elated at another’s defeat, discomfiture, or the like; ‘to insult upon an advantage gained’ (J.); hence, to rejoice, exult, be elated or glad; to glory.
1535. Coverdale, Ps. xii[i]. 2. How longe shal myne enemie triumphe ouer me? Ibid., xciii[i]. 3. How longe shal the vngodly tryumphe?
1565. Jewel, Repl. Harding (1611), 371. S. Paul triumphed of that thing that in the world was so deepely despised.
1572. trans. Buchanan’s Detection, Oj. Quhen rage … shall ragingly triumph vpon the goods and blude of poore subiectis.
1591. Shaks., 1 Hen. VI., I. vi. 8. France, triumph in thy glorious Prophetesse. Ibid. (1594), Rich. III., III. iv. 91. Triumphing at mine enemies.
1617. Moryson, Itin., I. 74. They … triumph of diuers Citizens borne heere.
1746. Francis, trans. Hor., Sat., II. iii. 48. Good sir, don’t triumph in your own disease.
1825. Scott, Betrothed, viii. The laugh and the song … which triumphed by anticipation over their surrender.
fig. 1593. Shaks., Lucr., 12. To praise the cleare vnmatched red and white, Which triumpht in that skie of his delight. Ibid., 1388. In great commaunders, Grace, and Maiestie You might behold triumphing in their faces. Ibid. (1593), Rich. II., III. ii. 77. The blood of twentie thousand men Did triumph in my face.
† 5. intr. Cards. To trump. Obs. rare.
1563. [see TRIUMPHING ppl. a.].
1626. B. Jonson, Fortunate Isles, Wks. 650/1. The four knaves entertain’d for the guards Of the kings and the queens that triumph in the cards.
Hence Triumphed ppl. a.
1603, 1626. [see sense 2 c].
