Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EX-ULT', v.i. [egzult; L. exulto; ex and salto, salio, to leap; It. esultare.]

Properly, to leap for joy; hence, to rejoice in triumph; to rejoice exceedingly, at success or victory; to be glad above measure; to triumph. It is natural to man to exult at the success of his schemes, and to exult over a fallen adversary.