Definition of Pleasing. Meaning of Pleasing. Synonyms of Pleasing

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Definition of Pleasing

Pleasing
Please 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.
Pleasing
Pleasing Pleas"ing, a. Giving pleasure or satisfaction; causing agreeable emotion; agreeable; delightful; as, a pleasing prospect; pleasing manners. ``Pleasing harmony.' --Shak. ``Pleasing features.' --Macaulay. -- Pleas"ing*ly, adv. -- Pleas"ing*ness, n. Syn: Gratifying; delightful; agreeable. See Pleasant.
Pleasing
Pleasing Pleas"ing, n. An object of pleasure. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Meaning of Pleasing from wikipedia

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- Ischyrus dunedinensis, the three-spotted pleasing fungus beetle, is a species of pleasing fungus beetle in the family Erotylidae. It is found in North...
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- the property that certain aesthetically pleasing color combinations have. These combinations create pleasing contrasts and consonances that are said to...