About The Word Enjoy
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Enjoy
| Enjoy Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Enjoy?
[v] take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter"
[v] have benefit from; "enjoy privileges" [v] derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory" [v] get pleasure from; "I love cooking" [v] have for one's benefit; "The industry enjoyed a boom" Synonyms | Synonyms for Enjoy: bask | delight | love | relish | revel | savor | savour Related Terms | Find terms related to Enjoy: adore | appreciate | bask in | be enfeoffed of | be fond of | be partial to | be pleased with | be possessed of | be seized of | benefit from | boast | claim | command | delight in | derive pleasure from | devour | dig | eat up | fancy | feast on | fill | freak out on | get high on | gloat over | groove on | have | have and hold | have in hand | have tenure of | hold | indulge in | like | love | luxuriate in | make merry | make use of | occupy | possess | rejoice in | relish | revel in | riot in | savor | smack the lips | squat | squat on | swim in | take advantage of | take pleasure in | take to | taste | use | use to advantage | usucapt | utilize | wallow in See Also | apply | devour | employ | expend | experience | get off | go through | like | live it up | see | undergo | use | utilise | utilize | wallow Enjoy In Webster's Dictionary \En*joy"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enjoyed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Enjoying}.] [OF. enjoier to receive with joy; pref. en- (L.
in) + OF. & F. joie joy: cf. OF. enjoir to enjoy. See {Joy}.]
1. To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or
experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be
delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainties of a feast; to
enjoy conversation.
2. To have, possess, and use with satisfaction; to occupy or
have the benefit of, as a good or profitable thing, or as
something desirable; as, to enjoy a free constitution and
religious liberty.
That the children of Israel may enjoy every man the
inheritance of his fathers. --Num. xxxvi.
8.
To enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. --Heb.
xi. 25.
3. To have sexual intercourse with. --Milton.
{To enjoy one's self}, to feel pleasure; to be happy.
\En*joy"\, v. i. To take satisfaction; to live in happiness. [R.] --Milton. |
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