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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
en·joy
[en-joi] Pronunciation Key
[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. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| en·joy
(ěn-joi') Pronunciation Key
v. en·joyed, en·joy·ing, en·joys v. tr.
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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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
enjoy
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| 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] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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