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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Gloat v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gloated; p. pr. & vb. n. Gloating.]  To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; to gaze with passionate desire, lust, or avarice.
 2. To gaze with malignant satisfaction; to exult maliciously, sometimes also triumphantly, in another's loss or discomfort; -- usually in a bad sense.
    In vengeance gloating on another's pain.   --Byron.
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