queme
queme verb: to please, to satisfy.
Verb
queme (third-person singular simple present quemes, present participle queming, simple past and past participle quemed)
- To please, to satisfy.
- Of body she was right avenant, Of fair colour, with sweet semblant. Her attire full well it seem'd, Marvellich the king she quemed.1801, George Ellis, Specimens of the early English poets
- On fair Corea's shellèd stream, My fancy floats without restraint; Pagodas, wrought in porcelain, teem On every side, of fabric quaint. While genii pleased my sense to queme, the blue-foamed Yang-ste-Kiang, faint Before my gaze depict in dream, Ebbing its ripples with my plaint.1892, Francis Saultis, Dreams After Sunset
Forms of queme
| third-person singular present | quemes |
|---|---|
| present participle | queming |
| past participle | quemed |
| past | quemed |
Origin of queme
From Middle English quemen (“to please”), from Old English cwēman (“to gratify, satisfy, please”) (compare cwēme (“pleasant, agreeable, acceptable”) and cwēmnes (“pleasure, satisfaction, mitigation”)), from Proto-West Germanic *kwāmijan, from Proto-Germanic *kwēmijaną (“to please, be convenient, suit”), from *kwemaną (“to come”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to go, come”). Compare obsolete Swedish kväma, Danish kvemme. Related to Old English cuman (“to come”), English come. Compare also quim.
Questions about queme
- What does queme mean?
- Queme means to please, to satisfy.
- What part of speech is queme?
- Queme is a verb.
- What is the past tense of queme?
- The past tense of queme is quemed.
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