1. To give satisfaction or pleasure; be agreeable: waiters who try hard to please. 2. To have the will or desire; wish: Do as you please. Sit down, if you please.
"Please" is a shortening of the phrase, if you please, an intransitive, ergative form taken from if it please you, which is in turn a calque of the French s'il vous plaît, which replaced pray.
Please definition: (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly.. See examples of PLEASE used in a sentence.
adv. (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off? v.t. to act to the pleasure or satisfaction of: to please the public. to be the pleasure or will of: May it please your Majesty. v.i. to like, wish, or feel inclined: Go where you please.
Short for if you please, an intransitive, ergative form taken from if it please you[1][2] which is a calque of French s'il vous plaît, which replaced pray. If it please you is a present subjunctive form, but most current uses of please are not parsed that way.
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PLEASE meaning: 1 : used to ask for something in a polite way; 2 : used to show that a request is serious or important