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Webster 1913 Edition

Delight

De-light′

,
Noun.
[OE.
delit
, OF.
delit
,
deleit
, fr.
delitier
, to delight. See
Delight
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy.
Sounds and sweet airs, that give
delight
and hurt not.
Shakespeare
A fool hath no
delight
in understanding.
Prov. xviii. 2.
2.
That which gives great pleasure or delight.
Heaven’s last, best gift, my ever new
delight
.
Milton.
3.
Licentious pleasure; lust.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

De-light′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Delighted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Delighting
.]
[OE.
deliten
, OF.
delitier
,
deleitier
, F.
délecter
, fr. L.
delectare
to entice away, to delight (sc. by attracting or alluring), intens. of
delicere
to allure, delight;
de-
+
lacere
to entice, allure; cf.
laqueus
a snare. Cf.
Delectate
,
Delicate
,
Delicious
,
Dilettante
,
Elicit
,
Lace
.]
To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly;
as, a beautiful landscape
delights
the eye; harmony
delights
the ear.
Inventions to
delight
the taste.
Shakespeare
Delight
our souls with talk of knightly deeds.
Tennyson.

De-light′

,
Verb.
I.
To have or take great delight or pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; – followed by an infinitive, or by in.
Love
delights
in praises.
Shakespeare
I
delight
to do thy will, O my God.
Ps. xl. 8.

Webster 1828 Edition

Delight

DELIGHT

, n.
1.
A high degree of pleasure, or satisfaction of mind; joy.
His delight is in the law of the Lord. Ps. 1.
2.
That which gives great pleasure; that which affords delight.
Titus was the delight of human kind.
I was daily his delight. Prov. 8.
Delight is a more permanent pleasure than joy, and not dependent on sudden excitement.

DELIGHT

, v.t.
1.
To affect with great pleasure; to please highly; to give or afford high satisfaction or joy; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear; the good conduct of children, and especially their piety, delights their parents.
I will delight myself in thy statutes. Ps. 119.
2.
To receive great pleasure in.
I delight to do thy will. Ps. 40:8.

DELIGHT

,
Verb.
I.
To have or take great pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; followed by in.
I delight in the law of God after the inward man. Rom. 7.

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