TRIUMPH

A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy.

Hence, any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant. [Obs.] Our daughter, In honor of whose birth these triumphs are, Sits here, like beauty's child. Shak.

A state of joy or exultation for success. Great triumph and rejoicing was in heaven. Milton. Hercules from Spain Arrived in triumph, from Geryon slain. Dryden.

Success causing exultation; victory; conquest; as, the triumph of knowledge.

A trump card; also, an old game at cards. [Obs.]

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.

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.

To be prosperous; to flourish. Where commerce triumphed on the favoring gales. Trumbull.

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

To obtain a victory over; to prevail over; to conquer. Also, to cause to triumph. [Obs.] Two and thirty legions that awe All nations of the triumphed word. Massinger.