transitive. To please, gratify.

intransitive. impersonal with indirect object (in early use in the dative): to please, to be agreeable to; to be agreed upon by. Usually with…

Of a thing, word, deed, etc. intransitive. To be pleasing, acceptable, or agreeable to (a person, the heart, etc.). Also transitive: to please…

Frequently with non-referential it as subject. Also occasionally impersonal. transitive. To please, to be pleasing or agreeable to, to suit…

Frequently with non-referential it as subject. Also occasionally impersonal. transitive. With well (also bet, better, best). Also with ill: to…

transitive. To appease, pacify; to satisfy, content, gratify; to be acceptable to. Obsolete.

transitive. impersonal with personal pronoun as indirect object: it pleases or delights me (him, etc.). Obsolete.

transitive. To please, delight (also absol.); passive and reflexive to be pleased or delighted. Obsolete.

To satisfy, content, please. archaic.

(Frequently as a figurative use of sense 2.) transitive. To be pleasing or agreeable to (a person, the senses, etc.). Obsolete.

transitive. To treat (a person, the mind, the eyes, etc.) to a richly pleasurable experience; to delight, gratify, regale (with, on, or upon…

To minister delight or pleasure to; to gladden, cheer, please, entertain. Also figurative. Obsolete.

transitive. To afford entertainment or pleasure to; to make happy. (Cf. phrase under game, v. 2.)

With a proposition expressed by an infinitive or that-clause or understood: to seem good to one; to be… intransitive. With non-referential it as…

Said of a thing, or impersonally with it: To excite agreeably (a person, his heart, ears, palate, etc.); to give pleasure or amusement to; to…

figurative of 1. Const. as above. To gratify, minister to the demands of (a person's vanity, desire of vengeance, or other passion); to sustain or…

transitive. Of a thing: to be to the liking of (someone), to suit, to please. Obsolete.

transitive. Of a person: to please or satisfy (someone). Obsolete.

transitive. To please (a person).

transitive. Of a person: To please, to satisfy. = agree, v. 1b. Obsolete.

transitive. To please, gratify, or propitiate (a person); to content, satisfy.

To be complaisant to, to gratify.

transitive. To put into a joyous condition; to make happy, give pleasure to. Obsolete.

In various figurative uses. To inspire with affection or kindly feelings; to cause to ‘glow’ with pleasure.

So to claw the ears, to claw the humour, etc.: to tickle, flatter, gratify (the senses, etc.). Obsolete.

To please, gratify; to delight. Obsolete.

transitive. To give pleasure to; to please, to gratify; (now usually) spec. to gratify sexually; to have sexual intercourse with.

transitive. To delight, make glad.

transitive. To provide with something tasty or appetizing; to please, gratify, delight. Obsolete.

To give pleasure or satisfaction to; to please, satisfy, oblige; to do a favour to.

To affect in a sweet or pleasant way; to give pleasure to, delight, gratify.

transitive. To win the favour of; to please, propitiate.

transitive. To reach (the ears of a person); to give pleasure or amusement to (a person). Cf. tickle, v.1 3. rare.

To cause a pleasant taste in (the mouth); to affect (the palate) agreeably; hence figurative to please, suit, be agreeable to. (Originally intrans…

transitive. To please, gratify (a person, sense, etc.). Cf. agree, v. 1.

To gratify, please. Obsolete.

To gratify, please. Obsolete.

transitive. To give pleasure to (a person or thing); to gratify, delight (with something). Obsolete.

transitive. To please, gratify, delight. Also in figurative contexts. Now rare (archaic in later use).

transitive. To be complaisant to, to gratify; also reflexive to delight in.

transitive. To delight, gratify; to flatter, ‘butter up’; to wheedle, cajole, sweet-talk (into doing something). Occasionally with along, up.

transitive. To appreciate, esteem (a person or thing). Also: to please (a person).

transitive. To delight, please, make glad.

transitive. To gratify, please, charm. Also intransitive. Obsolete.

transitive. To please, satisfy.

To ‘caress’, gratify (the eye, ear, etc.).

to shine up to; to try to please; to make oneself pleasant to. U.S.

To be to the fancy of; to please.