v. t. [ Cf. Dan. flense, D. vlensen, vlenzen, Scot. flinch. ] To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
the flensed carcass of a fur seal. U. S. Census (1880). [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
I pray to God that it may plesen you. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
What next I bring shall please thee, be assured. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he. Ps. cxxxv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases, are the same things in common speech. J. Edwards. [ 1913 Webster ]
To-morrow, may it please you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
To be pleased in
To be pleased with
To be pleased to do a thing,
v. i.
What pleasing scemed, for her now pleases more. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
For we that live to please, must please to live. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Heavenly stranger, please to taste
These bounties. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
That he would please 8give me my liberty. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Experiencing pleasure. --
n. An officious person who courts favor servilely; a pickthank. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who pleases or gratifies. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
I pray to God that it may plesen you. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
What next I bring shall please thee, be assured. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he. Ps. cxxxv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases, are the same things in common speech. J. Edwards. [ 1913 Webster ]
To-morrow, may it please you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
To be pleased in
To be pleased with
To be pleased to do a thing,
v. i.
What pleasing scemed, for her now pleases more. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
For we that live to please, must please to live. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Heavenly stranger, please to taste
These bounties. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
That he would please 8give me my liberty. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Experiencing pleasure. --
n. An officious person who courts favor servilely; a pickthank. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who pleases or gratifies. [ 1913 Webster ]