Definition of "pleaseth" [pleaseth]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of please. (verb)

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• "So that sovereignty and dominion signifies a full right, and title, and propriety in all his creatures, and an absolute authority over them, to govern them and dispose of them, and deal with them in any way he pleaseth, that is not contrary to his essential dignity and perfection, or repugnant to the natural state and condition of the creature."
• "Shylock, many times insulted by Antonio in the past, makes the following bargain: if Antonio does not pay back the ducats within three months, Shylock will take a pound "Of your fair flesh, to be cut off and taken/In what part of your body pleaseth me.""
• "Both very nice, though the second caught me more -- for the Babylon reference and for the title, because it's the same title I once gave to a fictional album by a fictional musician, which pleaseth me greatly."