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v. t.	1.	To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy. [imp. & p. p. Pleased; p. pr. & vb. n. Pleasing.] 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. To-morrow, may it please you. - Shak. To be pleased in 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.
v. i.	1.	To afford or impart pleasure; to excite agreeable emotions. What pleasing scemed, for her now pleases more. - Milton. For we that live to please, must please to live. - Johnson.
	2.	To have pleasure; to be willing, as a matter of affording pleasure or showing favor; to vouchsafe; to consent. Heavenly stranger, please to taste These bounties. - Milton. That he would please 8give me my liberty. - Swift.

Verb	1.	please - give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation" Synonyms: delight Antonyms: displease - give displeasure to
	2.	please - be the will of or have the will (to); "he could do many things if he pleased"
	3.	please - give satisfaction; "The waiters around her aim to please"
Adv.	1.	please - used in polite request; "please pay attention"

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