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.
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            i pray to god that it may plesen you. --chaucer.
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            what next i bring shall please thee, be assured.
                                                  --milton.
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   2. to have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to
      desire; to will.
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            whatsoever the lord pleased, that did he. --ps.
                                                  cxxxv. 6.
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            a man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases,
            are the same things in common speech. --j. edwards.
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   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.
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            to-morrow, may it please you.         --shak.
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   to be pleased in or to be pleased 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.
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see also:
pleased pleasing complacent placable placid plea 
plead pleasure to be pleased in to be pleased with to be pleased to do a thing