Please
[pliːz] or [pliz]
Definition
(verb.) give pleasure to or be pleasing to; 'These colors please the senses'; 'a pleasing sensation'.
(verb.) give satisfaction; 'The waiters around her aim to please'.
(verb.) be the will of or have the will (to); 'he could do many things if he pleased'.
(adv.) used in polite request; 'please pay attention'.
Typed by Hester--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy.
(v. t.) To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to desire; to will.
(v. t.) To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used impersonally.
(v. i.) To afford or impart pleasure; to excite agreeable emotions.
(v. i.) To have pleasure; to be willing, as a matter of affording pleasure or showing favor; to vouchsafe; to consent.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Gratify, delight, gladden, rejoice, TICKLE, make glad, give joy to, take one's fancy, tickle one's fancy, do one's heart good.
v. n. [1]. Like, prefer, choose.[2]. Condescend, be pleased.
Typed by Katie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Delight, content, gladden, fascinate,[See GRATIFY]
Typed by Andy
Definition
v.t. to give pleasure to: to delight: to satisfy.—v.i. to like: to think fit: to choose: to give pleasure: used impers. followed by an object originally dative of the person=if it please you.—n. Pleas′ance merriment: a pleasure garden.—adj. Pleas′ant pleasing: agreeable: cheerful: gay: facetious.—adv. Pleas′antly.—ns. Pleas′antness; Pleas′antry anything that promotes pleasure: merriment: lively or humorous talk: a trick:—pl. Pleas′antries; Please′man (Shak.) an officious fellow a pick-thank; Pleas′er one who pleases or gratifies.—adj. Pleas′ing giving pleasure: agreeable: gratifying.—n. (Shak.) pleasure given: (B.) approbation.—adv. Pleas′ingly.—n. Pleas′ingness the quality of giving pleasure.—adj. Pleas′urable able to give pleasure: delightful: gratifying.—n. Pleas′urableness.—adv. Pleas′urably.—n. Pleasure (plezh′ūr) agreeable emotions: gratification of the senses or of the mind: what the will prefers: purpose: command: approbation.—v.t. (arch.) to give pleasure to.—ns. Pleas′ure-boat a boat used for pleasure or amusement; Pleas′ure-ground ground laid out in an ornamental manner for pleasure; Pleas′ure-house a house to which one retires for recreation or pleasure.—adj. Pleas′ureless.—ns. Pleas′urer one who seeks pleasure; Pleas′ure-trip an excursion for pleasure.—At pleasure whenever and as one pleases.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
v. To lay the foundation for a superstructure of imposition.
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Examples
- But please to tell me at once what you have done. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Now, Mr. Hilton Cubitt, please continue your most interesting statement. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- We will now if you please say adieu. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- At this time of the morning, it would be rather too good a--Well, I don't know, my dear--you may do that again, if you please. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Please hear him, and don't make a noise! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A large marble tomb would not please me. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Besides, I choose to please myself by sharing an idea that at this moment beams in your mother's eye while she looks at you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The sitting was altogether very satisfactory; she was quite enough pleased with the first day's sketch to wish to go on. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Lady Bertram was very well pleased to have it so, and the young ladies were in spirits again. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Do you know, sir--do you know for truth--that it has pleased God to take her? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- There was a pleased bustle all though the Shelby mansion, that day, in expectation of the arrival of young Mas'r George. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Anselmo was happy now and he was very pleased that he had stayed there at the post of observation. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He now smiled: and not a bitter or a sad smile, but one well pleased and deeply gratified. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Landlords and farmers, besides, two of the largest classes of masters, have another reason for being pleased with dear years. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- His employment may, upon most occasions, be as constant as he pleases. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is from my cousin, Mr. Collins, who, when I am dead, may turn you all out of this house as soon as he pleases. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- It pleases me, she said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Now the pleasure of a stranger, for whom we have no friendship, pleases us only by sympathy. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Ursula does exactly as she pleases. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He arranges the business just as he pleases. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Margaret told me so, and I know what pleases him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I have not seen your papa since the receipt of your pleasing letter, so could arrange nothing with him respecting the carriage. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- How very pleasing and proper of him! Jane Austen. Emma.
- But they are very pleasing women when you converse with them. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- This proposal of his, this plan of marrying and continuing at Hartfieldthe more she contemplated it, the more pleasing it became. Jane Austen. Emma.
- His heart tingled with the pleasing conviction that these gross eulogiums shamed Moore deeply, and made him half scorn himself and his work. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Lady Jane and Becky did not get on quite so well at this visit as on occasion of the former one, when the Colonel's wife was bent upon pleasing. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typist: Ludwig