Please (Matt Nathanson album)
WordNet
adverb
(1) Used in polite request
"Please pay attention"
verb
(2) Give pleasure to or be pleasing to
"These colors please the senses"
"A pleasing sensation"
(3) Give satisfaction
"The waiters around her aim to please"
(4) Be the will of or have the will (to)
"He could do many things if he pleased"
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
plesen, plaisen from from . Displaced native quemen, queamen "to please" (from cwēman "to please"), biluvien "to please, delight" (from bi-, be- + luvien "to love"), liken "to like, please" (from līcian "to please, be like"), lusten, listen "to be pleasing, delight" (from lystan "to please").
Verb
- To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure.
- Her presentation pleased the executives.
- To desire; to will; to be pleased.
- Just do as you please.
Etymology 2
Short for , an intransitive, ergative form taken from .
Adverb
- Used to make a polite request.
- Please, pass the bread.
- Would you please sign this form?
- Could you tell me the time, please?
- Used as an affirmative to an offer.
- -May I help you? -Please.
- An expression of annoyance or impatience.
- Oh, please, do we have to hear that again?
Interjection
- Said as a request to repeat information; excuse me.