Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Enjoy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Enjoy \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Enjoy \En*joy"\, v. i.
To take satisfaction; to live in happiness. [R.] --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
enjoy
v 1: derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take
pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her
glory" [syn: {bask}, {relish}, {savor}, {savour}]
2: have benefit from; "enjoy privileges"
3: get pleasure from; "I love cooking" [syn: {love}]
4: have for one's benefit; "The industry enjoyed a boom" [ant:
{suffer}]
5: take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter" [syn: {delight},
{revel}]
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