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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.

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  1. v. t. 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. v. t. 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.
  3. v. t. To have sexual intercourse with.
  4. v. i. To take satisfaction; to live in happiness.
  5. v. derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
  6. v. have benefit from
  7. v. get pleasure from
  8. v. have for one's benefit
  9. v. take delight in
  10. 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. To take satisfaction; to live in happiness. [R.] Milton.
  11. To take satisfaction; to live in happiness. [R.] Milton.
  12. v:100 v. derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in v. have benefit from v. have for one's benefit