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Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion. With cries and agonies of wild delight. Pope.

Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind. "A joy akin to rapture." Cowper. The literary character of the work is akin to its moral character. Jeffrey.

Brisk; joyously active; lively. 'T were well if we were a little more alacrious. Hammond.

A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy. I have not that alacrity of spirit, Nor cheer of mind that I was wont to have. Shak.

Joy; gladsomeness.

nt; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract. With promised joys allured them on. Falconer. The golden sun in splendor likest Heaven Allured his eye. Milton.

Inclined to love; having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment; loving; fond; affectionate; as, an amorous disposition.

The state, activity, or enjoyment of animals; mere animal life without intellectual or moral qualities; sensuality.

Straightway; at once. [Obs.] The same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it. Matt. xiii. 20.

A foretaste. Antepasts of joy and comforts. Jer. Taylor.

hat is to happen; instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as, the anticipation of the joys of heaven. The happy anticipation of renewed existence in company with the spirits of the just. Thodey.

Devoted to enjoyment.

The exercise of the power of designating (under a "power of appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.

Arrival. [Obs.] Chaucer. How should I joy of thy arrive to hear! Drayton.

ade; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act, perform some business, or enjoy some right, privilege, or property; as, an assignee of a bankrupt. See Assignment (c). An assignee may be by special appointment or deed, or be created by jaw; as an executor. Cowell. Blount. (b) pl.

ence; -- implying a contempt of law or moral restraints. With the most arrogant audacity. Joye.

lime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence. There is an awe in mortals' joy, A deep mysterious fear. Keble. To tame the pride of that power which held the Continent in awe. Macaulay. The solitude of the desert, or the loftiness of the mountain, may fill the mind with awe -- the sense of our own little…

ich obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier. Must I new bars to my own joy create Dryden.

Having the power to impart or complete blissful enjoyment; blissful. "The beatific vision." South. -- Be`a*tif"ic*al*ly, adv.

To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment. "Beatified spirits." Dryden.