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[en-joi] Pronunciation Key

–verb (used with object)

1.	to experience with joy; take pleasure in: He enjoys Chinese food.

2.	to have and use with satisfaction; have the benefit of: He enjoys an excellent income from his trust funds.

3.	to find or experience pleasure for (oneself): She seems to enjoy herself at everything she does.

4.	to undergo (an improvement): Automobile manufacturers have enjoyed a six-percent rise in sales over the past month.

5.	to have intercourse with.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME enjoyen to make joyful < OF enjoier to give joy to. See en-¹, joy

]

—Related forms

en·joy·er, noun

en·joy·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. appreciate, fancy, relish, savor. 2. possess, own.

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en·joy   (ěn-joi') Pronunciation Key
v.   en·joyed, en·joy·ing, en·joys

v.   tr.

To receive pleasure or satisfaction from.
To have the use or benefit of: enjoys good health.

v. intr.
To have a pleasurable or satisfactory time.

Phrasal Verb(s):
enjoy oneself
To have a pleasurable or satisfactory time.

[Middle English enjoien, from Old French enjoir : en-, intensive pref.; see en-¹ + joir, to rejoice (from Latin gaudēre; see gāu- in Indo-European roots).]

en·joy'a·ble adj., en·joy'a·bly adv., en·joy'er n.

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enjoy

c.1380, from O.Fr. enjoir "to give joy, rejoice," from en- "make" + joir "enjoy," from L. gaudere "rejoice." Sense of "have the use or benefit of" first recorded c.1430. Replaced O.E. brucan.

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enjoy
verb
1.	derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory"
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: endure]
5.	take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter" [syn: delight]

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Enjoy

En*joy"\, v. i. To take satisfaction; to live in happiness. [R.] --Milton.

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