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please (plēz)

transitive verb pleased, pleasing pleas′·ing

  1. to be agreeable to; give pleasure to; satisfy
  2. to be the will or wish of it pleased him to remain

Etymology: ME plaisen < MFr plaisir < L placere, to please, akin to placidus, gentle, mild, placare, to calm, soothe < IE *plāk-, flat, smooth < base *plā- > plain

intransitive verb

  1. to be agreeable; give pleasure; satisfy to aim to please
  2. to have the will or wish; like [to do as one pleases]: also used passively you are pleased to scoff

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please Idioms

if you please

if you wish or like; if you will; if you permit: sometimes used in ironic exclamation

please God

if it pleases God; if it is God's will

please oneself

to do as one wishes

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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