v.
- cause to feel happy and satisfied.
▸
[
often as adj. pleasing]
give aesthetic pleasure to:
pleasing surroundings.
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(please oneself)
take only one's own wishes into consideration in deciding how to act or proceed.
▸wish or desire to do something:
feel free to wander around as you please.
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(it pleases someone to do something)
formal or dated it is someone's choice to do something.
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(if you please)
used in polite requests or to express indignation.
adv.
used in polite requests or questions, or to agree to a request or accept an offer.
▸used to add urgency and emotion to a request.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. plaisir ‘to please’, from L. placere.