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  1. 1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Please Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Giving pleasure or satisfaction; causing agreeable emotion; agreeable; delightful; as, a pleasing prospect; pleasing manners. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. An object of pleasure. Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. giving pleasure and satisfaction Source: wordnet
  5. 5. adj. pleasant or agreeable to the senses Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. the act of one who pleases Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 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. An object of pleasure. [Obs.] Chaucer. Source: webster
  8. 8. 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. Source: adambom
  9. 9. j:100 n. the act of one who pleases a. giving pleasure and satisfaction Source: ecdict

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