Meaning
A polite word you add when you ask someone for something.
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Word origin
From Old French plaisir, to give pleasure, from Latin placere; English shortened the phrase if you please to the single polite word.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- plaisir
- English cognates
- pleasure, pleasant
Examples
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 2: please, over, because and 7 more words.