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Pleasing definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PLE'ASING, ppr. Gratifying; exciting agreeable sensations or emotions in.
PLE'ASING, a. Giving pleasure or satisfaction; agreeable to the senses or to the mind; as a pleasing prospect; a pleasing reflection; pleasing manners.
1. Gaining approbation. 1 John 3.
PLE'ASING, n. The act of gratifying.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: giving pleasure and satisfaction; "a pleasing piece of news"; "pleasing in manner and appearance" [ant: displeasing] n
1: the act of one who pleases

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 14th century giving pleasure ; agreeable <the sun's pleasing warmth> • pleasingly adverb • pleasingness noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 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 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pleasing Pleas"ing, a. Giving pleasure or satisfaction; causing agreeable emotion; agreeable; delightful; as, a pleasing prospect; pleasing manners. ``Pleasing harmony.'' --Shak. ``Pleasing features.'' --Macaulay. -- Pleas"ing*ly, adv. -- Pleas"ing*ness, n. Syn: Gratifying; delightful; agreeable. See Pleasant.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pleasing Pleas"ing, n. An object of pleasure. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Something that is pleasing gives you pleasure and satisfaction. This area of France has a pleasing climate in August... It's pleasing to listen to... ADJ: oft ADJ to n, ADJ to-inf • pleasingly The interior design is pleasingly simple... ADV: usu ADV adj

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Agreeable, grateful, gratifying, acceptable, welcome, pleasant, delectable, pleasurable, charming, delightful.

Moby Thesaurus

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