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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.
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              Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he. --Ps.
                                                    cxxxv. 6.
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              A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases,
              are the same things in common speech. --J. Edwards.
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     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.
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              To-morrow, may it please you.         --Shak.
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     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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Pleased \Pleased\, a.
     Experiencing pleasure. -- Pleas"ed*ly, adv. --
     Pleas"ed*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
  
              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. ``It pleased the Father that in him should
        all fullness dwell.'' --Col. i. 19.
  
              To-morrow, may it please you.         --Shak.
  
     To be pleased in or 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Pleased \Pleased\, a.
     Experiencing pleasure. -- Pleas"ed*ly, adv. --
     Pleas"ed*ness, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  pleased
       adj 1: experiencing or manifesting pleasure [ant: displeased]
       2: feeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you
          measures your self-worth; "proud of their child" [syn: proud
          of(p)]
       3: experiencing pleasure or joy; "happy you are here"; "pleased
          with the good news" [syn: happy]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pleased
     Αγγλικά a.
     ευχαριστημένος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pleased
     a.
     happy, content
     vb.
     (infl of en please  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  pleased
     a.
     happy, content
     vb.
     (infl of en please  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  pleased
     a.
     happy, content
     vb.
     (infl of en please  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  pleased
     a.
     happy, content
     vb.
     (infl of en please  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pleased
     Englanti a.
     tyytyväinen
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm p lease d)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pleased
     Engelska a.
     1 tillfredsställd, belåten, nöjd
     2 (avledning en please ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb please)

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  pleased /plˈiːzd/
  tevrede

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Pleased /plˈiːzd/
  مسرور

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  pleased /plˈiːzd/ 
  spokojený

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  pleased /plˈiːzd/ 
  potěšený