- OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin to placare to reconcile. Cf. ComplacentPlacablePlacidPleaPleadPleasure
- 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.What next I bring shall please thee, be assured.
- To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to desire; to will.Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he.A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases, are the same things in common speech.
- To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used impersonally.Itpleasedthe Father that in him should all fullness dwell.To-morrow, may it please you.
