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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, v.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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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, v.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.

DE-LIGHT', n. [deli'te; Fr. delice; Sp. delicia; It. delizia; L. deliciæ, connected with delector; probably allied to Eng. like.]

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

DE-LIGHT', v.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. vii.


DE-LIGHT', v.t. [Sp. deleytar; Port. deleitar; L. delector; Fr. delecter. See Delight and Like.]

  1. To effect 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. cxix.
  2. To receive great pleasure in. I delight to do thy will. – Ps. xl.

De*light"
  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. Shak.

    A fool hath no delight in understanding. Prov. xviii. 2.

  2. 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. Shak.

    Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds. Tennyson.

  3. 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. Shak.

    I delight to do thy will, O my God. Ps. xl. 8.

  4. That which gives great pleasure or delight.

    Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight. Milton.

  5. Licentious pleasure; lust.

    [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Delight

DELIGHT, noun

1. A high degree of pleasure, or satisfaction of mind; joy.

His delight is in the law of the Lord. Psalms 1:2.

2. That which gives great pleasure; that which affords delight

Titus was the delight of human kind.

I was daily his delight Proverbs 8:30.

DELIGHT is a more permanent pleasure than joy, and not dependent on sudden excitement.

DELIGHT, verb transitive

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. Psalms 1:219.

2. To receive great pleasure in.

I delight to do thy will. Psalms 40:8.

DELIGHT, verb intransitive 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. Romans 7:22.

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IMPORT'ANCE, n.

1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

2. Weight or consequence in the scale of being.

Thy own importance know.

Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.

3. Weight or consequence in self-estimation.

He believes himself a man of importance.

4. Thing implied; matter; subject; importunity. [In these senses, obsolete.]

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