to derive enjoyment from

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• enjoyment — n. 1) to give, provide enjoyment 2) to derive enjoyment from 3) full, great enjoyment * * * [ɪn dʒɔɪmənt] great enjoyment provide enjoyment full to derive enjoyment from to give …   Combinatory dictionary

• derive — de|rive [dıˈraıv] v [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: dériver, from Latin derivare to draw out water , from rivus stream ] 1.) [T] to get something, especially an advantage or a pleasant feeling, from something derive sth from sth ▪ Medically,… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• derive */*/*/ — UK [dɪˈraɪv] / US verb Word forms derive : present tense I/you/we/they derive he/she/it derives present participle deriving past tense derived past participle derived 1) a) [transitive] to receive or obtain something from something else be… …   English dictionary

• derive — de|rive [ dı raıv ] verb *** 1. ) transitive to receive or obtain something from something else: be derived from something: products that are derived from animals derive something from something: They derive such great enjoyment from these simple …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• derive — verb ADVERB ▪ clearly ▪ The lions clearly derive some benefit from living in groups. ▪ largely, mainly, primarily ▪ partly ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• Leibniz (from) to Kant — From Leibniz to Kant Lewis White Beck INTRODUCTION Had Kant not lived, German philosophy between the death of Leibniz in 1716 and the end of the eighteenth century would have little interest for us, and would remain largely unknown. In Germany… …   History of philosophy

• Psychological egoism — is the view that humans are always motivated by self interest, even in what seem to be acts of altruism. It claims that when people choose to help others, it is ultimately because of the personal benefits they themselves expect to obtain,… …   Wikipedia

• pleasure — noun 1》 a feeling of happy satisfaction and enjoyment.     ↘enjoyment and entertainment, as opposed to necessity.     ↘an event or activity from which one derives enjoyment.     ↘[as modifier] intended for entertainment rather than business:… …   English new terms dictionary

• Pegging (sexual practice) — Pegging describes a sexual practice in which a woman penetrates a man s anus with a strap on dildo.The origin of the neologism was a winning entry in a June 21, 2001, [http://thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=7730 contest] in Dan Savage s… …   Wikipedia

• -phil- — Suffixes with the common part phil ( phile, philia, philic) are used to specify some kind of attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something. They are antonymic to suffixes phob . Phil (Philo ) may also be… …   Wikipedia

• leaf through — PHRASAL VERB If you leaf through something such as a book or magazine, you turn the pages without reading or looking at them very carefully. [V P n] Most patients derive enjoyment from leafing through old picture albums. Syn: flip through …   English dictionary