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Definition of Please

1. Adverb. Used in polite request. "Please pay attention"

2. Verb. Give pleasure to or be pleasing to. "The performance is likely to please Sue"; "A pleasing sensation"

3. Verb. Be the will of or have the will (to). "He could do many things if he pleased"

4. Verb. Give satisfaction. "The waiters around her aim to please"

Definition of Please

1. v. t. To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy.

2. v. i. To afford or impart pleasure; to excite agreeable emotions.

Definition of Please

1. Verb. (transitive) To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive ergative) To desire; to will; to be pleased. ¹

3. Adverb. Used to make a polite request. ¹

4. Adverb. Used as an affirmative to an offer. ¹

5. Adverb. An expression of annoyance or impatience. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Please

1. to give enjoyment or satisfaction to [v PLEASED, PLEASING, PLEASES]

Medical Definition of Please

1. 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." "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. Origin: OE. Plesen, OF. Plaisir, fr. L. Placere, akin to placare to reconcile. Cf. Complacent, Placable, Placid, Plea, Plead, Pleasure. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Please

pleasable pleasance pleasances pleasant pleasant-tasting pleasanter pleasantest pleasantly pleasantness pleasantnesses

pleasantries pleasantry pleasaunce pleasaunt pleasauntly please (current term) please repeat after me please say again please sit down please speak more slowly

please turn left please turn right pleased pleased as Punch pleased to meet you pleasedly pleasedness pleaser pleasers pleases

Literary usage of Please

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1912)
"please be careful not to emphasize the personal pronouns; it is impolite and bad English to do so. Note: In this particular case: where the speaker is so ..."

2. Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift (1894)
"VI Several Contrivances of the Author to please the King and Queen. He shews his Skill in Musick. The King enquires into the State of Europe, ..."

3. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1912)
"please be careful not to emphasize the personal pronouns; it is impolite and bad English to do so. Note: In this particular case: where the speaker is so ..."

4. Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift (1894)
"VI Several Contrivances of the Author to please the King and Queen. He shews his Skill in Musick. The King enquires into the State of Europe, ..."

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