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overjoy

Source Word

overjoy

transitive rare intransitive obsolete

(transitive) To give great joy, delight or pleasure to. / (transitive, rare) To give too much joy to. / (intransitive, obsolete) To take too much pleasure (in something).

Japanese Meaning

大いに喜ばせる / 非常に喜ばせる、または過度に喜ばせる / （古語）あまりにも喜びに浸る

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The unexpected reunion will overjoy the veterans and their families.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その思いがけない再会は退役軍人とその家族を大いに喜ばせるでしょう。

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Sense（1）

(transitive) To give great joy, delight or pleasure to.

The prospect of writing three exams in a row without a break does not overjoy me.

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Sense（2）

(transitive, rare) To give too much joy to.

Ah, child, thou art but half thy darling mother’s;

Hers couldst thou wholly be,

My light in thee would outglow all in others;

She would relive to me.

But niggard Nature’s trick of birth

Bars, lest she overjoy,

Renewal of the loved on earth

Save with alloy.

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Sense（3）

(intransitive, obsolete) To take too much pleasure (in something).

Your deeds my hart surchargd with ouerioying:

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overjoys

（ present singular third-person ）

overjoying

（ participle present ）

overjoyed

（ participle past ）

overjoyed

（ past ）

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