3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Please \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pleased \Pleased\, a.
Experiencing pleasure. -- {Pleas"ed*ly}, adv --
{Pleas"ed*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
pleased
adj 1: experiencing or manifesting pleasure [ant: {displeased}]
2: feeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you
measures your self-worth; "proud of their child" [syn: {proud
of(p)}]
3: experiencing pleasure or joy; "happy you are here"; "pleased
with the good news" [syn: {happy}]
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