Delight

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt Licentious pleasure; lust.

II. Delight ·vt That which gives great pleasure or delight.

III. Delight ·vi To have or take great delight or pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced;

— followed by an infinitive, or by in.

IV. Delight ·vt A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy.

V. Delight ·vt To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear.

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