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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
pleasing
adj 1: giving pleasure and satisfaction; "a pleasing piece of
news"; "pleasing in manner and appearance" [ant:
displeasing]
n 1: the act of one who pleases
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Pleasing \Pleas"ing\, n.
An object of pleasure. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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I pray to God that it may plesen you. --Chaucer.
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What next I bring shall please thee, be assured.
--Milton.
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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.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Pleasing \Pleas"ing\, a.
Giving pleasure or satisfaction; causing agreeable emotion;
agreeable; delightful; as, a pleasing prospect; pleasing
manners. "Pleasing harmony." --Shak. "Pleasing features."
--Macaulay. -- Pleas"ing*ly, adv. -- Pleas"ing*ness, n.
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Syn: Gratifying; delightful; agreeable. See Pleasant.
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Thesaurus Results for Pleasing:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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