Please1, v. t.
(plēz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. PLEASED; p. pr. & vb. n. PLEASING.] [O. Eng. plēsen, plēse, O. Fr. plaisir, plaisir, plasir, plesir, plaire, pleire, plere, N. Fr. plaire, Pr. plazer, Sp. placer, Pg. prazer, It. piacere, Lat. placere.]
Sense 1. To excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to gratify; to make glad; as, to please the taste; to please the mind.
Sense 2. To satisfy; to content.
What next I bring shall please Thy wish exactly to thy heart's desire. Milton.
To be pleased in or with, to approve; to have complacency in.—To be pleased to do a thing, to take pleasure in doing it; to have the complaisance to do it.
Many of our most skillful painters were pleased to recommend this author to me. Dryden.