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<blockquote>To <b>joy</b> the friend, or grapple with the foe. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Neither pleasure's art can <b>joy</b> my spirits. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To enjoy. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <er>Enjoy</er>.</def>

<blockquote>Who might have lived and <b>joyed</b> immortal bliss. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Joyace</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Joy"ace</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>joiance</ets>.]</ety> <def>Enjoyment; gayety; festivity; joyfulness.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Some days of <b>joyance</b> are decreed to all.

<i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>From what hid fountains doth thy <b>joyance</b> flow? <i>Trench.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Joyancy</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Joy"an*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Joyance.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Carlyle.</i>

<h1>Joyful</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Joy"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of joy; having or causing joy; very glad; <as>as, a <ex>joyful</ex> heart</as>.</def> "<i>Joyful</i> tidings."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>My soul shall be <b>joyful</b> in my God. <i>Is. lxi. 10.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Sad for their loss, but <b>joyful</b> of our life. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Joy"ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Joy"ful*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Joyless</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Joy"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Joy"less*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Joy"less*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>With downcast eyes the <b>joyless</b> victor sat. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Youth and health and war are <b>joyless</b> to him. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote> pining for the lass, Is <b>joyless</b> of the grove, and spurns the growing grass. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Joyous</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Joy"ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>joyous</ets>, <ets>joious</ets>, <ets>joios</ets>, F. <ets>joyeux</ets>.See <er>Joy</er>.]</ety> <def>Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with <i>of</i> before the word or words expressing the cause of joy.</def>

<blockquote>Is this your <b>joyous</b> city? <i>Is. xxiii. 7.</i></blockquote>