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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Triumph \Tri"umph\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Triumphed}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Triumphing}.] [L. triumphare: cf. F. triompher. See
   {Triumph}, n.]
   1. 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!                  --Shak.

   2. To obtain victory; to be successful; to prevail.

            Triumphing over death, and chance, and thee, O Time.
                                                  --Milton.

            On this occasion, however, genius triumphed.
                                                  --Macaulay.

   3. To be prosperous; to flourish.

            Where commerce triumphed on the favoring gales.
                                                  --Trumbull.

   4. To play a trump card. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

Triumphing \Tri"umph*ing\, a.
   Having or celebrating a triumph; victorious; triumphant. --
   {Tri"umph*ing*ly}, adv.
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