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triumph sb. (mod. senses also occur)
1. public festivity or rejoicing, festive show or entertainment Gent. V. iv. 161, MND. I. i. 19 “with , and with revelling,” 1H4 III. iii. 47 “a perpetual , an everlasting bonfire-light,” 3H6 V. vii. 43, Per. V. i. 17; spec. tournament R2 V. ii. 52 “justs and t-s,” 1H6 V. v. 31 “at a having vow'd To try his strength,” Per. II. ii. 1; so “triumph day” R2 V. ii. 66.
2. trump-card; this sense is alluded to in Ant. IV. xii. [xiv.] 20 “she . . . has Pack'd cards with Cæsar, and false-play'd my glory Unto an enemy's triumph.”
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