please

Meaning

Verb

• To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
• To desire; to will; to be pleased by.

Related

Similar words

• satisfy
• desire, will

Opposite words

• annoy, irritate, disgust, displease

Origin

• From Middle English plesen, plaisen, borrowed from Old French plaise, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin placeo ("to please, to seem good"), from the Proto-Indo-European *plā-k- ("wide and flat"). Displaced native English queme ("to please, satisfy"), Middle English biluvien ("to please, delight"), Middle English liken ("to like, please"), Middle English lusten ("to be pleasing, delight").
• Short for if you please, an intransitive, ergative form taken from if it pleases you which is a , which replaced pray.