triumphed

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

How long shall the wicked triumph?— Ps. xciv. 3.[1913 Webster]
Sorrow on thee and all the pack of you That triumph thus upon my misery!— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To obtain victory; to be successful; to prevail. [1913 Webster]

Triumphing over death, and chance, and thee, O Time.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
On this occasion, however, genius triumphed.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

3.To be prosperous; to flourish. [1913 Webster]

Where commerce triumphed on the favoring gales.— Trumbull.[1913 Webster]

4.To play a trump card. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

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