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triumphed
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Triumph \Tri"umph\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Triumphed; p. pr. & vb. n. Triumphing.] [L. triumphare: cf. F. triompher. See Triumph, n.]
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To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.
How long shall the wicked triumph?
--Ps. xciv. 3.Sorrow on thee and all the pack of you That triumph thus upon my misery!
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To obtain victory; to be successful; to prevail.
Triumphing over death, and chance, and thee, O Time.
--Milton.On this occasion, however, genius triumphed.
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To be prosperous; to flourish.
Where commerce triumphed on the favoring gales.
--Trumbull. To play a trump card. [Obs.]
--B. Jonson.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: triumph)
Usage examples of "triumphed".
They expected, that as soon as he had triumphed over the foreign enemies of Rome, he would lay aside the irksome mask of dissimulation.
His arms were sometimes unfortunate, and to a delay of three days he was indebted for his life and crown: but Ladislaus triumphed in his turn.
Gaul-across-the-Alps, triumphed for victories over rebellious Gallic tribes.
So it was within tradition for the high chief to devise justifications for sendÂing his warriors forth: if they triumphed, their victory would redound on him.
Paxmore felt that she had bested him, but in the end he triumphed, for she never saw any of her students again, men or boys.
In some centuries they had triumphed, in others they had gone under temporarily, but always they had struggled, and the condemnations cited against them were proofs of their durability.
And then she had triumphed and brought him to Christ, and God had given him the victory.
Christ has triumphed over all the old and pretended Gods who shall now be subservient to his name.