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ul, or satisfying; -- opposed to Ant: pain, Ant: sorrow, etc. At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Ps. xvi. 11.

Affording pleasure. [R.]

Devoid of pleasure. G. Eliot.

A pleasure seeker. Dickens.

avor; indignation. O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Ps. vi. 1. Undoubtedly he will relent, and turn From his displeasure. Milton.

abhorrent thoughts. The persons most abhorrent from blood and treason. Burke. The arts of pleasure in despotic courts I spurn abhorrent. Clover.

a castaway. [Obs.] Shall these abjects, these victims, these outcasts, know any thing of pleasure I. Taylor.

of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses.

om intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence. The abstinence from a present pleasure that offers itself is a pain, nay, oftentimes, a very great one. Locke.

Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.

es; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure.

. At one's pleasure; as one wishes.

e; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister. A fountain . . . administers to the pleasure as well as the plenty of the place. Spectator.

To regard with wonder and delight; to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love, or reverence; to estimate or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape. Admired as heroes and as gods obeyed. Pope.

and; the money or goods thus furnished; money or value supplied beforehand. I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary advances. Jay. The account was made up with intent to show what advances had been made. Kent. In advance (a) In front; before. (b) Beforehand; before an equivalent is received. (c) In the state of havi…

Action; endeavor. [Obs.] And with his best affair Obeyed the pleasure of the Sun. Chapman.

quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses. That author . . . has an agreeableness that charms us. Pope.

In an agreeably manner; in a manner to give pleasure; pleasingly. "Agreeably entertained." Goldsmith.

A small ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a garden bower. Cowper.

To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.