- (v.t.) Licentious pleasure; lust.
- (v.t.) To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear.
- (v.t.) That which gives great pleasure or delight.
- (v.i.) To have or take great delight or pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; -- followed by an infinitive or by in.
- (v.t.) A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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