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    Some exult in rape and piracy, but others are newly come to it and scarcely have their beards.  (source)
    exult = feel extreme happiness or elation
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    Closer to the town hall, under a light, some shadows stood and talked, most likely exulting in the success of the fire.  (source)
    exulting = expressing delight
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    The solitude and total freedom of the wilderness created a perfect setting for either melancholy or exultation.  (source)
    exultation = extreme happiness or elation
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    While she enjoyed the endless coverage and exultation of Amy Elliott Dunne.  (source)
    exultation = extreme happiness or elation
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    The chief led then, trotting steadily, exulting in his achievement.  (source)
    exulting = expressing extreme happiness or elation
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    He held the fish against the sky ... and felt his throat tighten, swell, and fill with pride at what he had done. He had done food. The bow had given him this way and he exulted in it, in the bow, in the arrow, in the fish, in the hatchet, in the sky.  (source)
    exulted = felt extreme happiness
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    "She treats me like a visitor," thought I. "I little expected such a reception; I anticipated only coldness and stiffness: this is not like what I have heard of the treatment of governesses; but I must not exult too soon."  (source)
    exult = feel extreme happiness
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    He exults, slapping tree branches with his up-stretched hand as he walks.†  (source)
    exults = feels or express extreme happiness or elation
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    "I'll tell 'ee what 'tis, Durbeyfield," said she exultingly; "he'll never have the heart not to love her.†  (source)
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    For the first time, the word brought exultancy to him, a lifting of the spirit.  (source)
    exultancy = excited happiness
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    Amidst all their exultations, Americans and Frenchmen should remember that the perfectibility of man is only human and terrestrial perfectibility.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
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    But as I raised and bent that bow and felt the power of it, I felt a surge of exultance—this tool was right for me!†  (source)
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    And Zeus son of Kronos sheweth them signs upon the right by lightning, and Hector greatly exulteth in his might and rageth furiously, trusting in Zeus, and recketh not of god nor man, for mighty madness hath possessed him.†  (source)
    exulteth = feels or express extreme happiness or elation
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-eth" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She exulteth" in older English, today we say "She exults."
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