please

please [plēz]

vt.

pleased, pleasing [ME plaisen < MFr plaisir < L placere, to please, akin to placidus, gentle, mild, placare, to calm, soothe < IE * plāk-, flat, smooth < base * plā- > PLAIN¹]

1. to be agreeable to; give pleasure to; satisfy

2. to be the will or wish of [it pleased him to remain]

vi.

1. to be agreeable; give pleasure; satisfy [to aim to please]

2. to have the will or wish; like [to do as one pleases]: also used passively [you are pleased to scoff]: Please is also used for politeness in requests or commands to mean “be obliging enough (to)” [please sit down ]

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if you please

if you wish or like; if you will; if you permit: sometimes used in ironic exclamation

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please God

if it pleases God; if it is God's will

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please oneself

to do as one wishes

pleaser

n.