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pleas·ing

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–adjective

giving pleasure; agreeable; gratifying: a pleasing performance.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME plesing. See please, -ing²

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—Related forms

pleas·ing·ly, adverb

pleas·ing·ness, noun

—Synonyms pleasant, charming, delightful, engaging. See interesting.

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please

Audio Help [pleez] Pronunciation Key adverb, verb, pleased, pleas·ing.

–adverb

1.	(used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?

–verb (used with object)

2.	to act to the pleasure or satisfaction of: to please the public.

3.	to be the pleasure or will of: May it please your Majesty.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to like, wish, or feel inclined: Go where you please.

5.	to give pleasure or satisfaction; be agreeable: manners that please.

—Idiom

if you please,

a.	if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.

b.	(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.): The missing letter was in his pocket, if you please!

[Origin: 1275–1325; (v.) ME plesen, plaisen < MF plaisir ≪ L placére to please, seem good (see placid); the use of please with requests, etc., is presumably a reduction of the clause (it) please you may it please you, later reinforced by imper. use of intransit. please to be pleased, wish

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—Related forms

pleas·a·ble, adjective

pleas·ed·ly

Audio Help [plee-zid-lee, pleezd-] Pronunciation Key, adverb

pleas·ed·ness, noun

pleaser, noun

—Synonyms 4. choose, desire, prefer.

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please Audio Help   (plēz) Pronunciation Key
v.   pleased, pleas·ing, pleas·es

v.   tr.

To give enjoyment, pleasure, or satisfaction to; make glad or contented.
To be the will or desire of: May it please the court to admit this firearm as evidence.

v. intr.

To give satisfaction or pleasure; be agreeable: waiters who try hard to please.
To have the will or desire; wish: Do as you please. Sit down, if you please.

adv.

If it is your desire or pleasure; if you please. Used in polite requests: Please stand back. Pay attention, please.
Yes. Used in polite affirmative replies to offers: May I help you? Please.

[Middle English plesen, from Old French plaisir; see pleasant.]

pleas'er n.

Synonyms: These verbs mean to give pleasure to: was pleased by their success; a gift that would delight any child; praise that gladdens the spirit; progress that gratified all concerned; compliments that tickle their vanity.
Antonym: displease

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pleas·ing Audio Help (plē'zĭng) Pronunciation Key
adj. Giving pleasure or enjoyment; agreeable.

pleas'ing·ly adv., pleas'ing·ness n.

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pleasing
adjective
1.	giving pleasure and satisfaction; "a pleasing piece of news"; "pleasing in manner and appearance" [ant: displeasing]
noun
1.	the act of one who pleases

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ˈpleasing adjective

giving pleasure; attractive
Example: a pleasing view

Arabic:	سارٌّ، مُفْرِح، مُمْتِع
Chinese (Simplified):	使人愉快的
Chinese (Traditional):	使人愉快的
Czech:	půvabný, atraktivní
Danish:	dejlig
Dutch:	aangenaam
Estonian:	meeldiv
Finnish:	miellyttävä
French:	agréable
German:	angenehm
Greek:	ευχάριστος
Hungarian:	kellemes
Icelandic:	ánægjulegur
Indonesian:	menyenangkan
Italian:	piacevole

Japanese:	愉快な
Korean:	즐거운, 호감이 가는
Latvian:	patīkams; jauks
Lithuanian:	malonus, patrauklus
Norwegian:	tiltalende, behagelig
Polish:	miły
Portuguese (Brazil):	agradável
Portuguese (Portugal):	agradável
Romanian:	agreabil, plăcut
Russian:	приятный
Slovak:	pôvabný, atraktívny
Slovenian:	prijeten
Spanish:	agradable
Swedish:	behaglig, angenäm, tilltalande
Turkish:	hoşa gidici, memnuniyet verici

See also: if you please, please, please yourself, pleased

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Pleasing

Pleas"ant\, a. [F. plaisant. See Please.]

1. Pleasing; grateful to the mind or to the senses; agreeable; as, a pleasant journey; pleasant weather.

Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! --Ps. cxxxiii. 1.

2. Cheerful; enlivening; gay; sprightly; humorous; sportive; as, pleasant company; a pleasant fellow.

From grave to light, from pleasant to serve. --Dryden.

Syn: Pleasing; gratifying; agreeable; cheerful; good-humored; enlivening; gay; lively; merry; sportive; humorous; jocose; amusing; witty.

Usage: Pleasant, Pleasing, Agreeable. Agreeable is applied to that which agrees with, or is in harmony with, one's tastes, character, etc. Pleasant and pleasing denote a stronger degree of the agreeable. Pleasant refers rather to the state or condition; pleasing, to the act or effect. Where they are applied to the same object, pleasing is more energetic than pleasant; as, she is always pleasant and always pleasing. The distinction, however, is not radical and not rightly observed.

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Pleasing

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.

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Pleasing

Pleas"ing\, a. Giving pleasure or satisfaction; causing agreeable emotion; agreeable; delightful; as, a pleasing prospect; pleasing manners. "Pleasing harmony." --Shak. "Pleasing features." --Macaulay. -- Pleas"ing*ly, adv. -- Pleas"ing*ness, n.

Syn: Gratifying; delightful; agreeable. See Pleasant.

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