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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENJOY', v.t.
1. To feel or perceive with pleasure; to take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of. We enjoy the dainties of a feast,the conversation of friends, and our own meditations.
I could enjoy the pangs of death,
And smile in agony.
2. To possess with satisfaction; to take pleasure or delight in the possession of.
Thou shalt beget sons, but thou shalt not enjoy them. Deutoronomy 28.
3. To have, possess and use with satisfaction; to have,hold or occupy, as a good or profitable thing, or as something desirable. We enjoy a free constitution and inestimable privileges.
That the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. Numbers 36.
The land shall enjoy her sabbaths. Leviticus 26.
To enjoy one's self, is to feel pleasure or satisfaction in one's own mind, or to relish the pleasures in which one partakes; to be happy.
ENJOY', v.i. To live in happiness. [Unusual.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory" [syn: enjoy, bask, relish, savor, savour]
2: have benefit from; "enjoy privileges"
3: get pleasure from; "I love cooking" [syn: love, enjoy]
4: have for one's benefit; "The industry enjoyed a boom" [ant: endure, suffer]
5: take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter" [syn: delight, enjoy, revel]

Merriam Webster's

verb Etymology: Middle English enjoien, from Anglo-French enjoir, enjoier to gladden, enjoy, from en- + joie joy Date: 15th century intransitive verb to have a good time transitive verb 1. to have for one's use, benefit, or lot ; experience <enjoyed great success> 2. to take pleasure or satisfaction in • enjoyable adjective • enjoyableness noun • enjoyably adverb • enjoyer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 take delight or pleasure in. 2 have the use or benefit of. 3 experience (enjoy poor health). Phrases and idioms: enjoy oneself experience pleasure. Derivatives: enjoyer n. enjoyment n. Etymology: ME f. OF enjoier give joy to or enjo{iuml}r enjoy, ult. f. L gaudere rejoice

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Enjoy En*joy", v. i. To take satisfaction; to live in happiness. [R.] --Milton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(enjoys, enjoying, enjoyed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you enjoy something, you find pleasure and satisfaction in doing it or experiencing it. Ross had always enjoyed the company of women... I enjoyed playing cricket. VERB: V n/-ing, V n/-ing 2. If you enjoy yourself, you do something that you like doing or you take pleasure in the situation that you are in. I must say I am really enjoying myself at the moment. VERB: V pron-refl 3. If you enjoy something such as a right, benefit, or privilege, you have it. (FORMAL) The average German will enjoy 40 days' paid holiday this year... VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. [With a personal object only in sense 3.] 1. Take pleasure in, be delighted with, take delight in, derive pleasure from. 2. Have fruition of, have the advantage or blessing of. 3. Have sexual delight with, have intercourse with.

Moby Thesaurus

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