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At pleasurePleasure Pleas"ure, n. [F. plaisir, originally an infinitive.
See Please.]
1. The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable
sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or
happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of
something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to
pain, sorrow, etc.
At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
--Ps. xvi. 11.
2. Amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous or
dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; --
opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc. ``Not
sunk in carnal pleasure.' --Milton.
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man. --Prov.
xxi. 17.
Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. --2
Tim. iii. 4.
3. What the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or
satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose. ``He will
do his pleasure on Babylon.' --Isa. xlviii. 14.
Use your pleasure; if your love do not presuade you
to come, let not my letter. --Shak.
4. That which pleases; a favor; a gratification. --Shak.
Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure --Acts
xxv. 9.
At pleasure, by arbitrary will or choice. --Dryden.
To take pleasure in, to have enjoyment in. --Ps. cxlvii.
11.
Note: Pleasure is used adjectively, or in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, pleasure boat, pleasure
ground; pleasure house, etc.
Syn: Enjoyment; gratification; satisfaction; comfort; solace;
joy; gladness; delight; will; choice; preference;
purpose; command; favor; kindness. Displease
Displease Dis*please", v. i.
To give displeasure or offense. [Obs.]
Displeasedly
Displeasedly Dis*pleas"ed*ly, adv.
With displeasure. [R.]
Displeasedness
Displeasedness Dis*pleas"ed*ness, n.
Displeasure. [R.] --South.
Displeaser
Displeaser Dis*pleas"er, n.
One who displeases.
DispleasingnessDispleasing Dis*pleas"ing, a.
Causing displeasure or dissatisfaction; offensive;
disagreeable. -- Dis*pleas"ing*ly, adv. --
Dis*pleas"ing*ness, n. --Locke. Displeasure
Displeasure Dis*pleas"ure (?; 135), v. t.
To displease. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Impleasing
Impleasing Im*pleas"ing, a.
Unpleasing; displeasing. [Obs.] --Overbury.
Men-pleaser
Men-pleaser Men"-pleas`er, n.
One whose motive is to please men or the world, rather than
God. --Eph. vi. 6.
Overplease
Overplease O`ver*please", v. t.
To please excessively.
Play pleasurePlay Play, n.
1. Amusement; sport; frolic; gambols.
2. Any exercise, or series of actions, intended for amusement
or diversion; a game.
John naturally loved rough play. --Arbuthnot.
3. The act or practice of contending for victory, amusement,
or a prize, as at dice, cards, or billiards; gaming; as,
to lose a fortune in play.
4. Action; use; employment; exercise; practice; as, fair
play; sword play; a play of wit. ``The next who comes in
play.' --Dryden.
5. A dramatic composition; a comedy or tragedy; a composition
in which characters are represented by dialogue and
action.
A play ought to be a just image of human nature.
--Dryden.
6. The representation or exhibition of a comedy or tragedy;
as, he attends ever play.
7. Performance on an instrument of music.
8. Motion; movement, regular or irregular; as, the play of a
wheel or piston; hence, also, room for motion; free and
easy action. ``To give them play, front and rear.'
--Milton.
The joints are let exactly into one another, that
they have no play between them. --Moxon.
9. Hence, liberty of acting; room for enlargement or display;
scope; as, to give full play to mirth.
Play actor, an actor of dramas. --Prynne.
Play debt, a gambling debt. --Arbuthnot.
Play pleasure, idle amusement. [Obs.] --Bacon.
A play upon words, the use of a word in such a way as to be
capable of double meaning; punning.
Play of colors, prismatic variation of colors.
To bring into play, To come into play, to bring or come
into use or exercise.
To hold in play, to keep occupied or employed. Pleas in suspension 3. A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the
suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition.
4. The state of a solid when its particles are mixed with,
but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation
by straining; also, any substance in this state.
5. (Rhet.) A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive
expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the
inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations
employed.
6. (Scots Law) A stay or postponement of execution of a
sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension
granted on application to the lord ordinary.
7. (Mus.) The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord
into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary
discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. Cf.
Retardation.
Pleas in suspension (Law), pleas which temporarily abate or
suspend a suit.
Points of suspension (Mech.), the points, as in the axis or
beam of a balance, at which the weights act, or from which
they are suspended.
Suspension bridge, a bridge supported by chains, ropes, or
wires, which usually pass over high piers or columns at
each end, and are secured in the ground beyond.
Suspension of arms (Mil.), a short truce or cessation of
operations agreed on by the commanders of contending
armies, as for burying the dead, making proposal for
surrender or for peace, etc.
Suspension scale, a scale in which the platform hangs
suspended from the weighing apparatus instead of resting
upon it.
Syn: Delay; interruption; intermission; stop. PleasancePleasance Pleas"ance, n. [F. plaisance. See Please.]
1. Pleasure; merriment; gayety; delight; kindness. [Archaic]
--Shak. ``Full great pleasance.' --Chaucer. ``A realm of
pleasance.' --Tennyson.
2. A secluded part of a garden. [Archaic]
The pleasances of old Elizabethan houses. --Ruskin. Pleasant
Pleasant Pleas"ant, n.
A wit; a humorist; a buffoon. [Obs.]
Pleasantly
Pleasantly Pleas"ant*ly, adv.
In a pleasant manner.
Pleasantness
Pleasantness Pleas"ant*ness, n.
The state or quality of being pleasant.
PleasantriesPleasantry Pleas"ant*ry, n.; pl. Pleasantries. [F.
plaisanterie. See Pleasant.]
That which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor;
cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable
playfulness in conversation; a jocose or humorous remark;
badinage.
The grave abound in pleasantries, the dull in repartees
and points of wit. --Addison.
The keen observation and ironical pleasantry of a
finished man of the world. --Macaulay. PleasantryPleasantry Pleas"ant*ry, n.; pl. Pleasantries. [F.
plaisanterie. See Pleasant.]
That which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor;
cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable
playfulness in conversation; a jocose or humorous remark;
badinage.
The grave abound in pleasantries, the dull in repartees
and points of wit. --Addison.
The keen observation and ironical pleasantry of a
finished man of the world. --Macaulay. Pleasant-tongued
Pleasant-tongued Pleas"ant-tongued`, a.
Of pleasing speech.
PleasePlease 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. Please
Please Please, v. i.
1. To afford or impart pleasure; to excite agreeable
emotions.
What pleasing scemed, for her now pleases more.
--Milton.
For we that live to please, must please to live.
--Johnson.
2. To have pleasure; to be willing, as a matter of affording
pleasure or showing favor; to vouchsafe; to consent.
Heavenly stranger, please to taste These bounties.
--Milton.
That he would please 8give me my liberty. --Swift.
PleasedPlease 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. Pleaseman
Pleaseman Please"man, n.
An officious person who courts favor servilely; a pickthank.
[Obs.] --Shak.
Pleaser
Pleaser Pleas"er, n.
One who pleases or gratifies.
PleasingPlease 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.
Meaning of PLEAS from wikipedia
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additional pleas may be available,
including nolo
contendere (no contest), no case to
answer (in the
United Kingdom), or an
Alford plea (in the United...
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peremptory pleas (
pleas in bar) are
defensive pleas that set out
special reasons for
which a
trial cannot proceed; they
serve to bar the case entirely.
Pleas in...
- of
Guilty Pleas, vol. 54, Stan. L. Rev., p. 311,
archived from the
original on 2012-01-18 "Federal
Rules of
Criminal Procedure, Rule 11.
Pleas".
Legal Information...
- held that
Alford guilty pleas would be
considered valid even in the
absence of a
specific on-the-record
ruling that the
pleas were voluntary, provided...
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common pleas is a
common kind of
court structure found in
various common law jurisdictions. The form
originated with the
Court of
Common Pleas at Westminster...
- A
plea is an
answer to a
claim in a
criminal court case.
Plea may also
refer to:
Plea (bug), a
genus of bugs in the
family Pleidae The
Plea (film), a...
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peremptory pleas (
pleas in bar)
setting out
reasons why a
trial cannot proceed.
Pleas of nolo
contendere ('no contest') and the
Alford plea are allowed...
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entitled to sit in
Chief Pleas as of right. On 16
January 2008 and 21
February 2008, the
Chief Pleas approved a law to
reform Chief Pleas as a 30-member chamber...
- law
element being split off to form the
Court of
Common Pleas.
Although the
Exchequer of
Pleas was the
first common law court, it was the last to separate...
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admission of
guilt under an
Alford plea can be used
against the
defendant in ****ure
civil suits,
whereas nolo
contendere pleas cannot. In Alaska, a criminal...
