, to feel pleasure; to be happy.

Enjoy
(En*joy"), v. i. To take satisfaction; to live in happiness. [R.] Milton.

Enjoyable
(En*joy"a*ble) a. Capable of being enjoyed or of giving joy; yielding enjoyment. Milton.

Enjoyer
(En*joy"er) n. One who enjoys.

Enjoyment
(En*joy"ment) n.

1. The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of an estate.

2. That which gives pleasure or keen satisfaction.

The hope of everlasting enjoyments.
Glanvill.

Syn. — Pleasure; satisfaction; gratification; fruition; happiness; felicity; delight.

Enkennel
(En*ken"nel) v. t. To put into a kennel.

Enkerchiefed
(En*ker"chiefed) a. Bound with a kerchief; draped; hooded; covered. Milton.

That soft, enkerchiefed hair.
M. Arnold.

Enkindle
(En*kin"dle) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enkindled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Enkindling ]

1. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle. Shak.

2. To excite; to rouse into action; to incite.

To enkindle the enthusiasm of an artist.
Talfourd.

Enlace
(En*lace") v. t. To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.

Ropes of pearl her neck and breast enlace.
P. Fletcher.

Enlacement
(En*lace"ment) n. The act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surrounding as with a lace.

Enlard
(En*lard") v. t. [Pref. en- + lard: cf. OF. enlarder to put on the spit, Pr. & Sp. enlardar to rub with grease, baste.] To cover or dress with lard or grease; to fatten. Shak.

Enlarge
(En*large") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enlarged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Enlarging ] [OF. enlargier; pref. en- (L. in) + F. large wide. See Large.]

1. To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one's house.

To enlarge their possessions of land.
Locke.

2. To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, and the like; as, knowledge enlarges the mind.

O ye Corinthians, our . . . heart is enlarged.
2 Cor. vi. 11.

To enjoy one's self


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