Meaning of ENJOY
| Pronunciation: | | en'joy
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- [v] take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter"
- [v] have benefit from; "enjoy privileges"
- [v] derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory"
- [v] get pleasure from; "I love cooking"
- [v] have for one's benefit; "The industry enjoyed a boom"
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| | Synonyms: | | bask, delight, love, relish, revel, savor, savour |
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| | Antonyms: | | endure, suffer | | |
| | See Also: | | apply, devour, employ, expend, experience, get off, go through, like, live it up, see, undergo, use, utilise, utilize, wallow | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\En*joy"\, v. i.
To take satisfaction; to live in happiness. [R.] --Milton.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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