Pleased

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pleased \Pleased\, a.
     Experiencing pleasure. -- {Pleas"ed*ly}, adv. --
     {Pleas"ed*ness}, n.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Please \Please\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pleased}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Pleasing}.] [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.
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              I pray to God that it may plesen you. --Chaucer.
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              What next I bring shall please thee, be assured.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to
        desire; to will.
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              Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he. --Ps.
                                                    cxxxv. 6.
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              A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases,
              are the same things in common speech. --J. Edwards.
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     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.
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              To-morrow, may it please you.         --Shak.
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     {To be pleased in} or {To be pleased 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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pleased
       adj 1: experiencing or manifesting pleasure [ant: {displeased}]
       2: feeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you
          measures your self-worth; "proud of their child" [syn: {proud
          of(p)}]
       3: experiencing pleasure or joy; "happy you are here"; "pleased
          with the good news" [syn: {happy}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "pleased":
     accepting, at ease, charmed, chuffed, comfortable, composed,
     content, contented, cozy, delighted, easy, easygoing, eupeptic,
     euphoric, exhilarated, favorably impressed with, glad, gladsome,
     gratified, happy, in clover, in seventh heaven, intrigued,
     of good comfort, on cloud nine, pleased as Punch, pleased with,
     reconciled, resigned, sans souci, satisfied, sold on, taken with,
     thrilled, tickled, tickled pink, tickled to death, uncomplaining,
     unrepining, without care