(a) To please or satisfy (a deity, esp. the Christian God), propitiate, placate, appease; (b) to satisfy, gratify, or mollify (sb.); behave ingratiatingly toward (sb.); flatter, cajole; (c) to treat (sb.) kindly or courteously; comfort, indulge; satisfy with food; (d) to delight or attract (sb. or sth.); gratify sexually; amuse or entertain; (e) to satisfy or comply with the wishes or demands of (sb. or sth.); serve, obey; (f) ivele ~, ~ ille, to displease (sb.); ~ hire (his, thin, your) herte, please her (him, you).

(a) To be satisfactory, acceptable, or agreeable; make amends, make an offering; ~ un)to, be acceptable to (sb.), be agreeable to; ~ to..in, satisfy (oneself, itself) with (sth.), take pleasure in, rejoice in; (b) to be satisfied; ~ in (to), be pleased with, take pleasure in; ~ to foryeven (paien), be willing to forgive (satisfy).

Participles: (a) plesinge, acceptable, satisfactory, agreeable; ~ wille, acquiescence; (b) plesinge, pleasant, attractive, delightful, charming; (c) plesed, satisfied, mollified, propitiated; plesed to, merciful toward (sb.), forgiving of (sins); plesed upon, satisfied with (sth.); (d) plesed, gratified, delighted, charmed; with neg.: displeased, angry; (e) plesed, pleasing, acceptable; ~ time, an appointed time.

(a) In impersonal constructions with hit as the formal subject and the semantic subject expressed by an accompanying noun, phrase, clause, or general context; hit plesede him mekenesse, meekness pleased him; hit plesede to the lord in the, you were pleasing to the Lord; hit plesede that the thing were told to darie, it was agreed that the matter should be told to Darius; if hit plese that i have seid, if what I have said be agreeable; etc.; (b) in impersonal indicative constructions, with or without hit; whan hit pleseth hire, when she wishes; whan us pleseth, when we please; as pleseth the, as you please; as hit shal ~ theim, as they shall please; plesed is, is hit plesed, it is pleasing; (c) in phrases, usually subjunctive, introducing a prayer or a polite request; if hit plese to the, if to the (the king) hit plese, if hit the plese, if hit plese you (the king, your necligence), and hit plese you, etc., if it please you, etc.; plese hit to the (god, your maistershipe), plese hit unto your heighnesse, plese hit you (your lordshipe, your discreciounes), plese your heighnesse, etc., may it please you, etc.; that hit plese your heighnesse (your discreciounes), may it please Your Highness (members of Parliament).

In proverbs.

?To be subject to (sb. or sth.); ?misreading of L iacuerunt as placuerunt.