plaase
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Etymology
From Middle English plesen, from Old French plere, from Latin placeō.
Pronunciation
Verb
plaase (simple past pleast)
- please
- 1927, “THE FORTH MAN'S GRACE AFTER A SCANTY DINNER”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 137, line 2:
- When ye Lord plaase, He ma mend this,
- [When the Lord please, He may mend this,]
References
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 137