Please - Wikipedia "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 of please by The Free Dictionary 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 Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com 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
please - WordReference. com Dictionary of English 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
please - Wiktionary, the free dictionary 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