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[ verb ] give pleasure to or be pleasing to
Synonyms Examples "These colors please the senses" "a pleasing sensation" Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)Working in a vacuum of minimal information can result only in show_pieces that look good in exhibitions and catalogs and may please the public_relations department but have little to do with the essence of interior_design . (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)If the photographically realistic continuity of dreams , however bizarre their combinations , denies that it is purely a composition of the brain , it must be compounded from views of diverse realities , although some of them may never be encountered in what we are pleased to call the real_life . (Christopher Davis, First Family....)He ate what he felt_like , slept as much or as little as he pleased , and moved about the draughty rooms of the house , when he was not in bed , with slow dubious steps , like an elderly tourist in a cathedral . (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)Ludie did as he pleased . (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)`` Tell me about Minerva , how she behaved , what she did to please you '' . |
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[ adverb ] used in polite request
Examples "please pay attention" |
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