Delight /(?)/

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.

   A fool hath no delight in understanding.

2. That which gives great pleasure or delight.

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

3. Licentious pleasure; lust. [Obs.]

imp. & p. p. Delighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Delighting

1. 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.

   Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.

1. 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.

   I delight to do thy will, O my God.