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. Pleased
(Pleased) a. Experiencing pleasure. — Pleas"ed*ly adv. — Pleas"ed*ness, n.
Pleaseman
(Please"man) n. An officious person who courts favor servilely; a pickthank. [Obs.] Shak.
Pleaser
(Pleas"er) n. One who pleases or gratifies.
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.
Syn. — Gratifying; delightful; agreeable. See Pleasant.
Pleasing
(Pleas"ing), n. An object of pleasure. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Pleasurable
(Pleas"ur*a*ble) a. Capable of affording pleasure or satisfaction; gratifying; abounding in
pleasantness or pleasantry.
Planting of orchards is very . . . pleasurable.
Bacon.
O, sir, you are very pleasurable.
B. Jonson. — Pleas"ur*a*ble*ness, n. — Pleas"ur*a*bly, adv.
Pleasure
(Pleas"ure) n. [F. plaisir, originally an infinitive. See Please.]
1. The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish,
or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; —
opposed to pain, sorrow, etc.
At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Ps. xvi. 11. 2. Amusement; sport; diversion; self- indulgence; frivolous or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; —
opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc. "Not sunk in carnal pleasure." Milton.
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man.
Prov. xxi. 17.
Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God.
2 Tim. iii. 4. 3. What the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose. "He will do
his pleasure on Babylon." Isa. xlviii. 14.
Use your pleasure; if your love do not presuade you to come, let not my letter.
Shak. 4. That which pleases; a favor; a gratification. Shak.
Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure
Acts xxv. 9. At pleasure, by arbitrary will or choice. Dryden. — To take pleasure in, to have enjoyment in. Ps.
cxlvii. 11.
