ENJOY', verb transitive 1. To feel or perceive with pleasure; to take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of. We enjoy the dainties of a feast, the conversation of friends, and our own meditations. I could enjoy the pangs of death, And smile in agony. 2. To possess with satisfaction; to take pleasure or delight in the possession of. Thou shalt beget sons, but thou shalt not enjoy them. Deuteronomy 28:41. 3. To have, possess and use with satisfaction; to have, hold or occupy, as a good or profitable thing, or as something desirable. We enjoy a free constitution and inestimable privileges. That the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. Numbers 36:8. The land shall enjoy her sabbaths. Leviticus 26:34. To enjoy one's self, is to feel pleasure or satisfaction in one's own mind, or to relish the pleasures in which one partakes; to be happy. ENJOY', verb intransitive To live in happiness. [Unusual.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI