Delight: alternatives and connections

To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy.

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To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy.

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Deep thought; muse.

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The act of entrancing, or the state of trance or ecstasy.

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The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, of a ward from his guardian, or o…

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Pleasure felt at another person’s misfortune.

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To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites.

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To make dear or beloved.

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To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to enravish.

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To hold in thrall; to enslave. See Inthrall.

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To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.

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To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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To roll one's self about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow in the mire.

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Trial, as a test or experiment.

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To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

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To please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as, to gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses, the desires, the mind, etc.

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Pleasure; merriment; gayety; delight; kindness.

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To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy.

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The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or…

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In general, to fill up the measure of a want of (a person or a thing); hence, to grafity fully the desire of; to make content; to supply to the full,…

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Great pleasure; delight.

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Great pleasure; delight.

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The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the l…

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The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the l…

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Pleasure; merriment; gayety; delight; kindness.

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Pleasure; merriment; gayety; delight; kindness.

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Pleasing; grateful to the mind or to the senses; agreeable; as, a pleasant journey; pleasant weather.

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Pleasing; grateful to the mind or to the senses; agreeable; as, a pleasant journey; pleasant weather.

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One who pleases or gratifies.

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One who pleases or gratifies.

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of Please

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of Please

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The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or…

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The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or…

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To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.

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To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.

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To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.

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To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend mon…

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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often with in and the part…

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Great pleasure; delight.

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To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites.

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To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainti…

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To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to enravish.

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To hold in thrall; to enslave. See Inthrall.

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The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the l…

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To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy.

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The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or…

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To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.

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See Reveal.

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To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at.…

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To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at.…

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