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Please Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Please? [adv] used in polite request; "please pay attention" [v] give pleasure to; be pleasing to [v] be the will of or have the will (to); "he could do many things if he pleased" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Please: delight Related Terms \| Find terms related to Please: amuse \| be good enough \| cater to \| cheer \| choose \| choose rather \| coddle \| content \| cosset \| delectate \| delight \| desire \| divert \| do \| elect \| entertain \| favor \| give pleasure \| give way to \| gladden \| go over big \| gratify \| happify \| have a bias \| have preference \| have rather \| have the goodness \| hit the spot \| honor before \| humor \| I beg you \| if you please \| indulge \| interest \| lean towards \| like \| like better \| make a hit \| mollycoddle \| oblige \| opt \| overjoy \| pamper \| pleasure \| pray \| pray do \| prefer \| prefer to \| prithee \| rather \| regale \| rejoice \| satisfy \| see fit \| set before \| spoil \| suit \| think best \| think fit \| think proper \| tickle \| titillate \| want \| will \| will you \| wish \| yield to See Also \| care \| enchant \| endear \| enrapture \| enthral \| enthrall \| gratify \| like \| ravish \| satisfy \| transport \| wish Please In Webster's Dictionary \Please\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pleased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pleasing}.] [OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin to placare to reconcile. Cf. {Complacent}, {Placable}, {Placid}, {Plea}, {Plead}, {Pleasure}.] 1. To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy. I pray to God that it may plesen you. --Chaucer. What next I bring shall please thee, be assured. --Milton. 2. To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to desire; to will. Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he. --Ps. cxxxv. 6. A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases, are the same things in common speech. --J. Edwards. 3. To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used impersonally. ``It pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell.'' --Col. i. 19. To-morrow, may it please you. --Shak. {To be pleased in} or {with}, to have complacency in; to take pleasure in. {To be pleased to do a thing}, to take pleasure in doing it; to have the will to do it; to think proper to do it. --Dryden. \Please\, v. i. 1. To afford or impart pleasure; to excite agreeable emotions. What pleasing scemed, for her now pleases more. --Milton. For we that live to please, must please to live. --Johnson. 2. To have pleasure; to be willing, as a matter of affording pleasure or showing favor; to vouchsafe; to consent. Heavenly stranger, please to taste These bounties. --Milton. That he would please 8give me my liberty. --Swift.

Please Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Please?

[adv] used in polite request; "please pay attention"
[v] give pleasure to; be pleasing to
[v] be the will of or have the will (to); "he could do many things if he pleased"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Please: delight

Please In Webster's Dictionary

\Please\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pleased}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pleasing}.] [OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin
to placare to reconcile. Cf. {Complacent}, {Placable},
{Placid}, {Plea}, {Plead}, {Pleasure}.]
1. To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or
   emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to
   satisfy.

         I pray to God that it may plesen you. --Chaucer.

         What next I bring shall please thee, be assured.
                                               --Milton.

2. To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to
   desire; to will.

         Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he. --Ps.
                                               cxxxv. 6.

         A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases,
         are the same things in common speech. --J. Edwards.

3. To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used
   impersonally. ``It pleased the Father that in him should
   all fullness dwell.'' --Col. i. 19.

         To-morrow, may it please you.         --Shak.

{To be pleased in} or {with}, to have complacency in; to take
   pleasure in.

{To be pleased to do a thing}, to take pleasure in doing it;
   to have the will to do it; to think proper to do it.
   --Dryden.


\Please\, v. i.
1. To afford or impart pleasure; to excite agreeable
   emotions.

         What pleasing scemed, for her now pleases more.
                                               --Milton.

         For we that live to please, must please to live.
                                               --Johnson.

2. To have pleasure; to be willing, as a matter of affording
   pleasure or showing favor; to vouchsafe; to consent.

         Heavenly stranger, please to taste These bounties.
                                               --Milton.

         That he would please 8give me my liberty. --Swift.

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