'Delighting' definitions:
Definition of 'Delighting'
From: GCIDE
- Delighting \De*light"ing\, a. Giving delight; gladdening. -- {De*light"ing*ly}, adv. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Delighting'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Inventions to delight the taste. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]