Cosa (chi) è Please - definizione

Please

ENGLISH WORD INDICATING POLITENESS AND RESPECT WHILE MAKING A REQUEST

Please!; Pleaſing; Draft:Please; If you please; If it pleases you; S'il vous plaît

·vi To afford or impart pleasure; to excite agreeable emotions.

II. Please ·vt To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to;

- used impersonally.

III. Please ·vt To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to Wish; to Desire; to Will.

IV. Please ·vi To have pleasure; to be willing, as a matter of affording pleasure or showing favor; to Vouchsafe; to Consent.

V. Please ·vt To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to Gratify; to Content; to Satisfy.

please

ENGLISH WORD INDICATING POLITENESS AND RESPECT WHILE MAKING A REQUEST

Please!; Pleaſing; Draft:Please; If you please; If it pleases you; S'il vous plaît

¦ verb

1. cause to feel happy and satisfied.

[often as adjective pleasing] give aesthetic pleasure to: pleasing surroundings.

2. (please oneself) take only one's own wishes into consideration in deciding how to act or proceed.

wish or desire to do something: feel free to wander around as you please.

(it pleases someone to do something) formal or dated it is someone's choice to do something.

(if you please) used in polite requests or to express indignation.

¦ adverb used in polite requests or questions, or to agree to a request or accept an offer.

?used to add urgency and emotion to a request.

Derivatives

pleasingly adverb

Origin

ME: from OFr. plaisir 'to please', from L. placere.

please

ENGLISH WORD INDICATING POLITENESS AND RESPECT WHILE MAKING A REQUEST

Please!; Pleaſing; Draft:Please; If you please; If it pleases you; S'il vous plaît

1) to please greatly, highly

2) (R) it pleased us to learn of your success; it pleased us greatly that you could accept our invitation

Wikipedia

Please

Please is a word used in the English language to indicate politeness and respect while making a request. Derived from shortening the phrase "if you please" or "if it please(s) you", the term has taken on substantial nuance based on its intonation and the relationship between the persons between whom it is used.

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