enjoy

Etymology

From Middle English enjoyen, from Old French enjoier, anjoier, enjoer (“to give joy, receive with joy, rejoice”), equivalent to en- + joy.

verb

1. (transitive) To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
   Enjoy your holidays! I enjoy dancing.
   Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal. 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4
2. (transitive) To have the use or benefit of something.
   I plan to go travelling while I still enjoy good health.
   This account fails to provide any basis for doubting that animals of subhuman species enjoy the freedom it defines. 1988, Harry G Frankfurt, The importance of what we care about: philosophical essays
3. (intransitive, India) To be satisfied or receive pleasure.
   I enjoyed a lot.
4. (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.