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superpleasing

superpleasing is the present participle and gerund of superplease.

Meaning of superplease

Verb

superplease (third-person singular simple present superpleases, present participle superpleasing, simple past and past participle superpleased)

  1. (transitive) To please exceedingly.
    • But careless of all vulgar censure, as not depending on common approbation, he is confident it shall superplease judicious spectators1632 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Magnetick Lady: Or, Humors Reconcil’d. A Comedy […]”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio)...

Questions about superpleasing

What is superpleasing the present participle and gerund of?
Superpleasing is the present participle and gerund of superplease.

Words near superpleasing in the dictionary

  1. superplayers
  2. superplays
  3. superplease
  4. superpleased
  5. superpleases
  6. superpleasing
  7. superplex
  8. superplexed
  9. superplexes
  10. superplexing
  11. superplume

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