To delight greatly; to please or charm someone intensely.
From Latin 'delectare' meaning 'to delight, charm, or entice.' This verb form is rare in modern English but represents the original Latin verb meaning.
This is one of those 'ghost words' of English—a direct import from Latin that scholars and writers occasionally use, but it never quite caught on with regular speakers because 'delight' and 'please' already did the job.
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