King James Bible Dictionary

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.]

ENJOY'ABLE, adjective Capable of being enjoyed.

ENJOY'ED, participle passive Perceived with pleasure or satisfaction; possessed or used with pleasure; occupied with content.

ENJOY'ER, noun One who enjoys.

ENJOY'ING, participle present tense Feeling with pleasure; possessing with satisfaction.

ENJOY'MENT, noun Pleasure; satisfaction; agreeable sensations; fruition.

1. Possession with satisfaction; occupancy of any thing good or desirable; as the enjoyment of an estate; the enjoyment of civil and religious privileges.