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complimenteth

complimenteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of compliment.

Meaning of compliment

Verb

compliment (third-person singular simple present compliments, present participle complimenting, simple past and past participle complimented)

  1. (ambitransitive) To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).
    • […] She transferr'd the curs'd Advice, / That Monarchs ſhould their inward Soul diſguise, / Diſſemble, and command; be falſe, and wiſe; / By ignominous Arts for ſervile Ends / Should compliment their Foes, and ſhun their Friends.1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World. A Poem in Three Books.”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, book II (Pleasure), page...
    Antonyms:
    insult

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Questions about complimenteth

What is complimenteth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Complimenteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of compliment.

Words near complimenteth in the dictionary

  1. complimented
  2. complimentee
  3. complimentees
  4. complimenter
  5. complimenters
  6. complimenteth
  7. complimenting
  8. complimentingly
  9. compliments
  10. compliments of the house
  11. complin

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