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.
TRIUMPH
Tri"umph, v. t.
Defn: 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.
TRIUMPHAL
Tri*um"phal, a. Etym: [L. triumphalis: cf. F. triomphal.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to triumph; used in a triumph; indicating, or
in honor of, a triumph or victory; as, a triumphal crown; a triumphal
arch.
Messiah his triumphal chariot turned. Milton.
TRIUMPHAL
Tri*um"phal, n.
Defn: A token of victory. [Obs.]
Joyless triumphals of his hoped success. Milton.