'Please' definitions:
Definition of 'please'
(from WordNet)
adverb
Used in polite request; "please pay attention"
verb
Give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation" [syn: please, delight] [ant: displease]
verb
Be the will of or have the will (to); "he could do many things if he pleased"
verb
Give satisfaction; "The waiters around her aim to please"
Definition of 'Please'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- I pray to God that it may plesen you. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- What next I bring shall please thee, be assured. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to desire; to will. [1913 Webster]
- Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he. --Ps. cxxxv. 6. [1913 Webster]
- A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases, are the same things in common speech. --J. Edwards. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- To-morrow, may it please you. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Please'
From: GCIDE
- Please \Please\, v. i.
- 1. To afford or impart pleasure; to excite agreeable emotions. [1913 Webster]
- What pleasing scemed, for her now pleases more. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- For we that live to please, must please to live. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To have pleasure; to be willing, as a matter of affording pleasure or showing favor; to vouchsafe; to consent. [1913 Webster]
- Heavenly stranger, please to taste These bounties. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- That he would please 8give me my liberty. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'please'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amuse,
- be good enough,
- cater to,
- cheer,
- choose,
- choose rather,
- coddle,
- content,
- cosset,
- delectate,
- delight,
- desire,
- divert,
- do,
- elect,
- entertain,
- favor,
- give pleasure,
- give way to,
- gladden,
- go over big,
- gratify,
- happify,
- have a bias,
- have preference,
- have rather,
- have the goodness,
- hit the spot,
- honor before,
- humor,
- I beg you,
- if you please,
- indulge,
- interest,
- lean towards,
- like,
- like better,
- make a hit,
- mollycoddle,
- oblige,
- opt,
- overjoy,
- pamper,
- pleasure,
- pray,
- pray do,
- prefer,
- prefer to,
- prithee,
- rather,
- regale,
- rejoice,
- satisfy,
- see fit,
- set before,
- spoil,
- suit,
- think best,
- think fit,
- think proper,
- tickle,
- titillate,
- want,
- will,
- will you,
- wish,
- yield to