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pleas·ing 
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| giving pleasure; agreeable; gratifying: a pleasing performance. |
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pleas·ing·ly, adverb
pleas·ing·ness, noun
—Synonyms pleasant, charming, delightful, engaging. See interesting.
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Audio Help [pleez] Pronunciation Key adverb, verb, pleased, pleas·ing.
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| 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? |
| 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. |
| 4. | to like, wish, or feel inclined: Go where you please. |
| 5. | to give pleasure or satisfaction; be agreeable: manners that please. |
| 6. | if you please,
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[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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pleas·a·ble, adjective
pleas·ed·ness, noun
pleaser, noun
—Synonyms 4. choose, desire, prefer.
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| please
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v. pleased, pleas·ing, pleas·es v. tr.
v. intr.
adv.
[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. |
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| pleas·ing
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adj. Giving pleasure or enjoyment; agreeable. pleas'ing·ly adv., pleas'ing·ness n. |
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| 1. | giving pleasure and satisfaction; "a pleasing piece of news"; "pleasing in manner and appearance" [ant: displeasing] |
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| 1. | the act of one who pleases |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈpleasing adjective
giving pleasure; attractive
Example: a pleasing view
See also: if you please, please, please yourself, pleasedExample: a pleasing view
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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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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