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pleas'd

pleas'd is the simple past and past participle of please.

pleas'd is the obsolete spelling of pleased.

Meaning of please

Verb

please (third-person singular simple present pleases, present participle pleasing, simple past and past participle pleased)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
    • Her presentation pleased the executives.
  2. (ergative, intransitive) To desire; to will; to be pleased by.
    • Just do as you please.
    Synonyms:
    desire, will

See all 7 meanings of please

Meaning of pleased

Adjective

pleased (comparative more pleased, superlative most pleased)

  1. Happy, content.
    • She was pleased about her exam results.
  2. (archaic, formal) Agreeable, consenting (when referring to a monarch or other powerful person).
    • The queen was pleased to accept the countess into her household as a lady-in-waiting.

Forms of pleas'd

comparativemore pleas'd
superlativemost pleas'd

Questions about pleas'd

What is pleas'd the simple past and past participle of?
Pleas'd is the simple past and past participle of please.

Words near pleas'd in the dictionary

  1. pleamorphism
  2. Plean
  3. pleas
  4. pleas in abatement
  5. pleas of the crown
  6. pleas'd
  7. pleasability
  8. pleasable
  9. pleasableness
  10. pleasance
  11. pleasances

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pleas'd (page history and authors); please (page history and authors); pleased (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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