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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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