enjoy

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  1. transitive verb To receive pleasure or satisfaction from.
  2. transitive verb To have the use or benefit of: enjoys good health.
  3. intransitive verb To have a pleasurable or satisfactory time.
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  • We live in community and enjoy, enjoy, enjoy: cooking & meals together, swimming pool, rustic cabins, beautiful remote location, a smattering of fun groups and mostly: time to visit and get to know each other. —  UUpdates - All updates
  • "We ought to remain a little aloof and take pleasure in this aloofness while at the same time we keenly enjoy -- passionately enjoy, enjoy with tears and shivers -- the inner weave of a given masterpiece." —  Comic Book Resources
  • And Bob and uh others … I was pointing a usage of the word enjoy in a specific way … made possible by todays culture of "enjoy" that is distinctly different from the way the Westminster catechesim uses the word. —  Reclaiming the Mission
  • But there's one phrase that I particularly enjoy, which is "Bless Him." ... posted 29 hours ago from theorangesports. blogspot.com posted 26 hours ago from theorangesports. blogspot.com —  BallHype - Top Sports News, Videos, and Blogs
  • The camera placement choices designed to really show off the 3D effect also made the game very difficult to watch and enjoy, which is the whole point of televised sports in the first place. —  TVPredictions.com Forum
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. 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).

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  1. from Middle English enjoyen, from Old French enjoier, anjoier, enjoer, give joy, receive with joy, possess, reflexive rejoice (= Italian ingiojare, fill with joy) (Italian also, like Spanish enjoyar, adorn with jewels), from en- + joie, joy: see joy.
  2. from enjoy, v.
 

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