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hove(2)(dictionary)
hove(dictionary)
Hove Beach(tourism)

triumphant (iou) and hove(2) (iou)


triumphant (iou)



triumphant adjective & noun. LME.
[Old French (mod. triomphant), or Latin triumphant-, -ans pres. pple of triumphare TRIUMPH verb: see -ANT1.]
A. adjective.
That has achieved victory or Success; conquering, victorious. LME.
the Church triumphant: see CHURCH noun 3.
H. J. Laski To emerge triumphant from an ordeal where..he should have failed.
b. transf. Obtained by conquest. rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.
Splendid; magnificent. L15-L17.
= TRIUMPHAL adjective 1. Now rare. M16.
Rejoicing; exultant. L16.
Aldous Huxley His laugh was knowing and triumphant.
B. noun. A victor, a conqueror. M16-E19.
triumphancy noun the state or quality of being triumphant L16.
triumphantly adverb E16.

hove(2) (iou)



hove verb2. Now chiefly Scot. LME.
[App. from pa. t. & pple of HEAVE verb.]
verb trans. Raise, lift. LME-L16.
verb intrans. Rise, swell up. L16.
verb trans. Cause to swell up, inflate. E17.