please Definition

please
verb pleased, pleasing

tr & intr
1. To give satisfaction, pleasure or enjoyment; to be agreeable to someone.

Thesaurus: gratify, satisfy, entertain, amuse, captivate, charm, delight, enchant; Antonym: anger, annoy.
2. formal
To be the inclination of someone or something.
Example: if it should please you to join us
tr & intr
3. To choose; to like.

Example: Do what you please
Example: Do as you please
Thesaurus: desire, wish, want, demand, prefer.

adverb, exclamation

1. Used politely to accompany a request, order, acceptance of an offer, protest, a call for attention, etc.

Idiom: if you please

old use as adverb
Please.

ironic
Of all things.
Example: is engaged to a baronet, if you please

Idiom: please oneself

To do as one likes.
Example: Please yourself, then

Etymology: 14c: from French plaisir to please.