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  1. transitive verb To give enjoyment, pleasure, or satisfaction to; make glad or contented.
  2. transitive verb To be the will or desire of: May it please the court to admit this firearm as evidence.
  3. intransitive verb To give satisfaction or pleasure; be agreeable: waiters who try hard to please.
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  • And if you find a scribe who says that he can make fair copies in Arabic, please send him to me. —  LeoA
  • If you ever truly cared for me, please--please--try to find it in your heart to tell the truth about what happened. —  EQMM,August2006
  • I begged a new friend in LA to please, please, please -- "Please, the husband is on it." —  Stephanie Klein's Greek Tragedy
  • Pastis, "Schiller's is not now, nor has it ever been, a massage parlor" and "For directions in French, please take lessons at the Alliance Français"?
  • If you want to decorate with photos in the kitchen or bathroom, please --- please --- use copies. posted by —  Apartment Therapy Main
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agreeable ·  amuse ·  curious ·  cheerful ·  graceful

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please:   pleasing ·  pleased ·  pleases
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English plesen, from Old French plaisir; see pleasant.

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  1. from Middle English plesen, from Old French plesir, plaisir, also plere, pleire, French plaire = Provencal placer = Spanish placer = Portuguese pracer = Italian piacere, piagere, from Latin placere, please, be agreeable, welcome, or acceptable, satisfy, impersonal placet (with dative mihi, etc.), it pleases, suits (me, etc.), it is (my) opinion or resolve, etc. From the L. placere are also ult. English pleasant, pleasance, pleasure, plea, plead, complacent, complaisant, placid, placate, etc. In constructions and development please is similar to like, v.
 

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