pleasing (pleʻzing)

[ He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. Shak., Rich. III., i. 1. 13. 2. Satisfaction; approbation. That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleas ing , being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God. Col. i. 10. 3t. A matter of pleasure. Swiche manere nece aries as bee plesynges To folk that han ywedded hem with rynges. Chaucer, Man of Law's Tale, 1. 613. pleasing (plē'zing), p. a. [ It were plesynge to god that he hadde my doughter spoused. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 226. I do Protest my ears were never better fed With such delightful pleasing harmony. Shak., Pericles, ii. 5. 28. I know there is no music in your ears So pleasing as the groans of men in prison. Mas singer and Field , Fatal Dowry, i. 2. To be exempt from the pa ions with which others are tormented is the only pleasing solitude. Steele , Spectator, No. 4. She formed a picture, not bright enough to dazzle, but fair enough to interest, not brilliantly striking, but very Charlotte Brontë , Shirley, xvi. delicately pleasing . =Syn. Agreeable , Congenial , etc. See pleasant . pleasingly (plē'zing-li), adv . In a pleasing manner; so as to give pleasure. While all his soul, With trembling tenderne of hope and fear, Pleasingly pain'd, was all employ'd for her. Mallet , Amyntor and The odor a, iii. pleasingne (plē'zing-nes), n . The quality of being pleasing or of giving pleasure. Stafford's speech was esteemed full of weight, reason, and pleasingne ; and so affectionate it was that it obtained pity and remorse in the generality. 4549 the freedom from consequent pain, the number of persons whom it affects, etc. And Salomon saithe, "The harte full of enuie Of him selfe hath no pleasure nor commoditie." Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 349. There is a pleasure , sure, In being mad which none but madmen know. pleb is cit a moner history of perdition than any single momentous bargain. George Eliot, Middle march, lxxix. pleasurer (plezh'ūr-ėr), n. A pleasure-seeker. Let us turn now to another portion of the London population;.. we mean the Sunday pleasurers. Dickens, Sketches, Scenes, ix. Dryden , Spanish Friar, ii. pleasure-train pleasure-train (plezh'ūr-trān), n . A railway About three quarters of the way up the hill we came to excursion-train. [Colloq.] a level spot where there is a fountain, and every thing made very convenient for those who come here for their pleasure . Pococke , Description of the East, II. i. 146. How shall we define pleasure ? It seems obvious to define it as the kind of feeling which pleases us, which we like or prefer. H. Sidgwick, Methods of Ethics, p. 114. [Colloq.]. pleasure-trip ip (plezh'ūr-trip), n. A trip or ex- cursi on for pleasure. 2. Sensual gratification; indulgence of the ap- petites.-3. That which pleases or gratifies the beautiful. senses or the mind; that which is delightful or Caryed with them Riches and pleasurs , as clothe of gold Wiche Galyes went to the Turke Am ba et, and they and Crymsyn velvett, and other thyngs mor than I knewe. Torkington , Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 18. O bonny, bonny was my love, A pleasure to behold. pleasuristt pleasurist (ple (plezh'ūr-ist), -ist), n. [ Let intellectual contests exceed the delights wherein mere pleasurists place their paradise. Sir T. Browne , Christ. Mor., iii. § 23.