triumphing

Verb

triumph (third-person singular simple present triumphs, present participle triumphing, simple past and past participle triumphed)

1. To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.
   • England is growne to ſuch a paſſe of late,
     That rich men triumph to ſee the poore beg at their gate.1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act I
2. To prevail over rivals, challenges, or difficulties.
   • Forſake thy king and do but ioyne with me
     And we will triumph ouer al the world.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
3. To succeed, win, or attain ascendancy.
   • On this occasion, however, genius triumphed.1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green...
4. To be prosperous; to flourish.
   • where commerce triumphed on the favouring gales1774, John Trumbull, An Elegy on the Times
5. To play a trump in a card game.
   • Of the kings and the queens that triumph in the cards1625, Ben Jonson, The Fortunate Isles and Their Union

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