NOUN (1)

1. the act of one who pleases;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. giving pleasure and satisfaction;
- Example: "a pleasing piece of news"
- Example: "pleasing in manner and appearance"

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pleasing \Pleas"ing\, n.
   An object of pleasure. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Please \Please\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pleased; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Pleasing.] [OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin
   to placare to reconcile. Cf. Complacent, Placable,
   Placid, Plea, Plead, Pleasure.]
   1. To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or
      emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to
      satisfy.
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            I pray to God that it may plesen you. --Chaucer.
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            What next I bring shall please thee, be assured.
                                                  --Milton.
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   2. To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to
      desire; to will.
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            Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he. --Ps.
                                                  cxxxv. 6.
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            A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases,
            are the same things in common speech. --J. Edwards.
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   3. To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used
      impersonally. "It pleased the Father that in him should
      all fullness dwell." --Col. i. 19.
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            To-morrow, may it please you.         --Shak.
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   To be pleased in or To be pleased with, to have
      complacency in; to take pleasure in.

   To be pleased to do a thing, to take pleasure in doing it;
      to have the will to do it; to think proper to do it.
      --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pleasing \Pleas"ing\, a.
   Giving pleasure or satisfaction; causing agreeable emotion;
   agreeable; delightful; as, a pleasing prospect; pleasing
   manners. "Pleasing harmony." --Shak. "Pleasing features."
   --Macaulay. -- Pleas"ing*ly, adv. -- Pleas"ing*ness, n.
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   Syn: Gratifying; delightful; agreeable. See Pleasant.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pleasing
    adj 1: giving pleasure and satisfaction; "a pleasing piece of
           news"; "pleasing in manner and appearance" [ant:
           displeasing]
    n 1: the act of one who pleases