3  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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