(a) The satisfaction, gratification, or propitiation of a deity, esp. the Christian God; in god ~, well pleasing; in thin ~, to please thee; to ~, for (God's) pleasure, to the satisfaction (of God); taken ~ in, be pleased with (sb.); (b) satisfaction, liking, or gratification of a superior; a service or favor; lettre of ~, a conciliatory letter; do ~ (to, to please (sb., the Devil); (c) favor, grace, good will; (d) moral, spiritual, or intellectual satisfaction.

(a) A wish, will, or desire; sexual desire; love; (b) don min (hire, his, thin, your) ~, folwen (fulfillen) your ~, werken thin ~, to do what I (you, etc.) want; comply with my (your, etc.) wishes;fulfill my (your, etc.) desires; (c) after his (thin) ~, at his (here, thilke persones) ~, into his ~, like to hire (here) ~, unto oure ~, according to his, etc., desire; to his, etc., satisfaction; at his, etc., pleasure; as he, etc., wish(es; (d) opinion, judgment; (e) consent, agreement; an agreed payment; time of ~, an agreed upon or appointed time.

The divine will, a commandment.

(a) A feeling of pleasure; joy, happiness, delight; enjoyment of life; sensual pleasure; -- also personified; (b) ben to his ~, to be pleasing to him; don ~, give pleasure, be pleasing; be pleasing to (sb.); (c) sexual gratification; (d) a pleasing action, thing, or person; a source of pleasure; thing of ~, a luxury; (e) a pleasing quality, pleasantness, charm; in ~, pleasantly; (f) verbal blandishment, flattery, cajolery; also, praise.

In phrases: brid of ~, a bird used in hunting; chaumbre of ~, a luxurious room for receiving guests; hertes ~, an epithet for a sovereign or a lady: heart's delight, heart's desire; ~ and joie, a salutation: greetings; be it to your ~, may it please you; save thin ~, saving your grace, with all due respect.