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Definition of pleasures

Pleasure
Pleasure Pleas"ure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pleasured; p. pr. & vb. n. Pleasuring.] To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify. --Shak. [Rolled] his hoop to pleasure Edith. --Tennyson.
Pleasure
Pleasure Pleas"ure, v. i. To take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring.
Pleasure
Pleasure Pleas"ure, n. [F. plaisir, originally an infinitive. See Please.] 1. The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to pain, sorrow, etc. At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. --Ps. xvi. 11. 2. Amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; -- opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc. ``Not sunk in carnal pleasure.' --Milton. He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man. --Prov. xxi. 17. Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. --2 Tim. iii. 4. 3. What the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose. ``He will do his pleasure on Babylon.' --Isa. xlviii. 14. Use your pleasure; if your love do not presuade you to come, let not my letter. --Shak. 4. That which pleases; a favor; a gratification. --Shak. Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure --Acts xxv. 9. At pleasure, by arbitrary will or choice. --Dryden. To take pleasure in, to have enjoyment in. --Ps. cxlvii. 11. Note: Pleasure is used adjectively, or in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, pleasure boat, pleasure ground; pleasure house, etc. Syn: Enjoyment; gratification; satisfaction; comfort; solace; joy; gladness; delight; will; choice; preference; purpose; command; favor; kindness.

Meaning of pleasures from wikipedia

- Pleasures is a two-hour 1986 American television film written by Jill Gordon and directed by Sharron Miller. Its cast includes Joanna C****idy, Barry Bostwick...
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- pleasures [dead link] "Still Corners, 'Strange Pleasures'". NME. 7 May 2013. "Still Corners - Strange Pleasures". May 2013. "Strange Pleasures by Still...
- commentary. Addison, Joseph. Pleasures of Imagination, from The Spectator, Nos. 411-421 (1712). Akenside. Mark. The Pleasures of Imagination. A Poem (1744)...
- refer to: Guilty Pleasures (novel), a 1993 novel by Laurell K. Hamilton Guilty Pleasures, a 1998 novel by Lawrence Sanders Guilty Pleasures, a 2008 novel...
- to the value of a pleasure-experience, for example, that the lower pleasures of the body are less valuable than the higher pleasures of the mind. One appeal...
- January 2020). Small Pleasures. ISBN 9781474613910. "Between the Covers Series 1: Episode 5". BBC iPlayer. 20 November 2020. "Small Pleasures". Women's Prize...
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- band in 2015 as Grave Pleasures, following Johan Snell and Paile's departure with the group. With new members, Grave Pleasures released Dreamcrash months...