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en⋅joy

  [en-joi]
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–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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Word Origin & History

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
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