the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > have liking for [verb (transitive)] > derive pleasure from or approve of (2)
intransitive. With of, by, or with. To derive pleasure or enjoyment from (a person or thing). In early use also to like ill of: to dislike. Obsolete.
transitive. With clausal objects. With gerund or verbal noun as object: to enjoy, to take pleasure in (doing, being, etc.). Cf. like, v.1 4c.