Hypertext Webster Gateway: "delighting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Delighting \De*light"ing\, a.
Giving delight; gladdening. -- {De*light"ing*ly}, adv. --Jer.
Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Delight \De*light"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delighted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Delighting}.] [OE. deliten, OF. delitier, deleitier,
F. d['e]lecter, fr. L. delectare to entice away, to delight
(sc. by attracting or alluring), intens. of delicere to
allure, delight; de- + lacere to entice, allure; cf. laqueus
a snare. Cf. {Delectate}, {Delicate}, {Delicious},
{Dilettante}, {Elicit}, {Lace}.]
To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please
highly; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony
delights the ear.
Inventions to delight the taste. --Shak.
Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.
--Tennyson.
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