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complease

complease verb: to convince.

Verb

complease (third-person singular simple present compleases, present participle compleasing, simple past and past participle compleased)

  1. to convince
    • The Germans seem to complease themselves in this sort of dubious and misty conception of things; which cloudiness, indeed, some people even elsewhere fancy they think to be essentially poetical.1839, Friedrich Schiller, The song of the bell and other poems, page 88
    • Howeve, in case that which I shall require of you may belike seem to you grievous and hard to put in execution, I would fain know from you if you will do it or not, else hope not that I am ever like, what while I have breath in my body, to do aught to complease you.1890, Matteo Bandello, The Novels: Now First Done Into English Prose and Verse, page 219

Forms of complease

third-person singular presentcompleases
present participlecompleasing
past participlecompleased
pastcompleased

Origin of complease

From Middle French complaire, from Latin complaceō.

Questions about complease

What does complease mean?
Complease means to convince.
What part of speech is complease?
Complease is a verb.
What is the past tense of complease?
The past tense of complease is compleased.

Words near complease in the dictionary

  1. complanated
  2. complanates
  3. complanating
  4. complane
  5. complayne
  6. complease
  7. compleat
  8. compleated
  9. compleatest
  10. compleating
  11. compleatly

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