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P — Playa to Pleasure (Part 6 of 6)

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.

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
(Pleas"ure), v. i. To take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring.