From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Please \Please\, verb (used with an object) [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.
I pray to God that it may plesen you. --Chaucer.
What next I bring shall please thee, be assured. --Milton.
2. To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to desire; to will.
Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he. --Ps. cxxxv. 6.
A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases, are the same things in common speech. --J. Edwards.
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.
To-morrow, may it please you. --Shak.
{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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pleased \Pleased\, adjective Experiencing pleasure. -- {Pleas"ed*ly}, adverb -- {Pleas"ed*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
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
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