'Enjoy' definitions:
Definition of 'enjoy'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Enjoy'
From: GCIDE
- Enjoy \En*joy"\, v. i. To take satisfaction; to live in happiness. [R.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Enjoy'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- That the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. --Num. xxxvi. 8. [1913 Webster]
- To enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. --Heb. xi. 25. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To have sexual intercourse with. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- To enjoy one's self, to feel pleasure; to be happy. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'enjoy'
From: 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