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please to — please, also (now rare) please to A polite formula equivalent to ↑if you please above, now felt as imperative, perhaps orig from the older please it you or please it (sometimes printed pleaseth in Shakespeare) or please you may it please you • •… … Useful english dictionary
please — (v.) early 14c., to be agreeable, from O.Fr. plaisir (Fr. plaire) to please, from L. placere to be acceptable, be liked, be approved, related to placare to soothe, quiet, from PIE root *p(e)lag to smooth, make even (Cf. Gk. plax, gen. plakos… … Etymology dictionary
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
please — pleasable, adj. pleasedly /plee zid lee, pleezd /, adv. pleasedness, n. pleaser, n. /pleez/, adv., v., pleased, pleasing. adv. 1. (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will… … Universalium
please — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adv. if you please, pray; s il vous plaît, bitte, por favor, etc.; kindly, do. See request. v. gratify, satisfy, delight. See pleasure. Ant., displease. II (Roget s IV) interj. Syn. if you please, if it… … English dictionary for students
please — v. 1 tr. (also absol.) be agreeable to; make glad; give pleasure to (the gift will please them; anxious to please). 2 tr. (in passive) a (foll. by to + infin.) be glad or willing to (am pleased to help). b (often foll. by about, at, with) derive… … Useful english dictionary
please — [14] Please is at the centre of a small family of English words that go back to Latin placēre ‘please’ (a derivative of the same base as produced plācāre ‘calm, appease’, source of English implacable [16] and placate [17]). pleat 382 Related… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
please — The use of please by itself, as in Will you come in, please?, is a reduced form of may it (so) please you. It was first recorded in the 17c, but was not used by Shakespeare, whose shortest form is please you … Modern English usage
please — [[t]pli͟ːz[/t]] ♦♦ pleases, pleasing, pleased 1) ADV: ADV with cl (politeness) You say please when you are politely asking or inviting someone to do something. Can you help us please?... Would you please open the door?... Please come in... May I… … English dictionary
please — [c]/pliz / (say pleez) verb (pleased, pleasing) –verb (t) 1. to act to the pleasure or satisfaction of: to please the public. 2. to be the pleasure or will of; seem good to: may it please God. –verb (i) 3. to be agreeable; give pleasure or… …
