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gloried

gloried is the simple past and past participle of glory.

Meaning of glory

Verb

glory (third-person singular simple present glories, present participle glorying, simple past and past participle gloried)

  1. To exult with joy; to rejoice.
    • In what the Apostle did glory?—He gloried in a Cross. ... [T]o the Ear of a Galatian, it conveyed much the same Meaning, as if the Apostle had gloried in a Halter; gloried in the Gallows; gloried in a Gibbet.1753, James Hervey, A Visitation Sermon: Preached at Northampton, May 10, 1753
  2. To boast; to be proud.
    • For if in anything I have gloried to him on your behalf, I was not put to shame; but as we spake all things to you in truth, so our glorying also, which I made before Titus, was found to be truth.1881, Revised Version, 2 Corinthians 7:14
  3. (archaic, poetic) To shine radiantly.
    • Down in a casement sat,
      A low sea-sunset glorying round her hair1859–85, Alfred Tennyson, Idylls of the King, "The Last Tournament"

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Adjective

gloried (comparative more gloried, superlative most gloried)

  1. illustrious, honourable
    • [...] [I]f old reſpect,
      As I ſuppoſe, towards your once gloried friend,
      My Son now Captive, hither hath inform'd
      your younger feet, [...]1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, pages 26–27...

Forms of gloried

comparativemore gloried
superlativemost gloried

Words formed from gloried

Questions about gloried

What does gloried mean?
Gloried means illustrious, honourable.
What is gloried the simple past and past participle of?
Gloried is the simple past and past participle of glory.
What part of speech is gloried?
Gloried is an adjective.

Words near gloried in the dictionary

  1. Glorianna
  2. glorias
  3. gloriation
  4. gloriations
  5. glorie
  6. gloried
  7. glories
  8. gloriest
  9. Glorieta
  10. glorieth
  11. gloriette

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