v. Obs. Forms: 5 apleyse, applesse, 6 -eis, -ese. [either ad. OFr. aplaisir, inf. (used only subst., cf. plaisir) cogn. w. Sp. aplazer, on type of L. *applacēre, f. ap- = ad- to, completely + placēre to please; or an imitative formation like APARDON: see A- pref. 11.] To please, content, satisfy.
c. 1450. E. E. Misc. (1855), 18. Yf hit do the apleyse.
1536. Bellenden, Cron. Scot. (1821), I. Pref. 7. To do the thing that micht him best appleis.
1552. Lyndesay, Papyngo, 132. Dame Ceres … Full Ioyfullie Iohane Vpponland applesit.
