1. To exult with joy; to rejoice. Glory ye in his holy name. Ps. cv.
2. To boast; to be proud.
God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Gal. vi. 14
No one . . . should glory in his prosperity. Richardson.
GLOSE
Glose, n. & v.
Defn: See Gloze. Chaucer.
GLOSER
Glos"er, n.
Defn: See Glosser.
GLOSS Gloss, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. glossi a blaze, glys finery, MHG. glosen to glow, G. glosten to glimmer; perh. akin to E. glass.]
1. Bbrightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss. It is no part . . . to set on the face of this cause any fairer gloss than the naked truth doth afford. Hooker.
2. A specious appearance; superficial quality or show. To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the gloss of art. Goldsmith.
GLOSS
Gloss, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glossed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glossing.]