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PLEASING
pleasing
(adjective) pleasant or agreeable to the senses; “a pleasing aroma”
pleasing
(adjective) giving pleasure and satisfaction; “a pleasing piece of news”
pleasing
(noun) the act of one who pleases
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
pleasing (comparative more pleasing, superlative most pleasing)
Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.
Synonyms
• enjoyable
• gratifying
• satisfying
Verb
pleasing
present participle of please.
Etymology 2
Noun
pleasing (countable and uncountable, plural pleasings)
pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing."
Anagrams
• apelings, elapsing, leapings, pealings
Source: Wiktionary
Pleas"ing, a.
Definition: 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.
Syn.
– Gratifying; delightful; agreeable. See Pleasant.
Pleas"ing, n.
Definition: An object of pleasure. [Obs.] Chaucer.
PLEASE
Please, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pleased; p. pr. & vb. n. Pleasing.] Etym: [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.
Please, v. i.
1. To afford or impart pleasure; to excite agreeable emotions. What pleasing scemed, for her now pleases more. Milton. For we that live to please, must please to live. Johnson.
2. To have pleasure; to be willing, as a matter of affording pleasure or showing favor; to vouchsafe; to consent. Heavenly stranger, please to taste These bounties. Milton. That he would please 8give me my liberty. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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