† compleasev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To be complaisant to, to gratify; also reflexive to delight in.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > take pleasure or enjoy oneself [verb (reflexive)]
likeOE
joyc1260
litea1300
to please to oneselfa1382
relish1580
contentc1600
complease1604
pleasurea1640
enjoy1653
the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > please or give pleasure to [verb (transitive)]
i-quemec893
ywortheOE
queemeOE
likeOE
likeOE
paya1200
gamec1225
lustc1230
apaya1250
savoura1300
feastc1300
comfort1303
glew1303
pleasec1350
ticklec1386
feedc1400
agreea1413
agreec1425
emplessc1450
gree1468
applease1470
complaire1477
enjoy1485
warm1526
to claw the ears1549
content1552
pleasure1556
oblect?1567
relish1567
gratify1569
sweeta1575
promerit1582
tinkle1582
tastea1586
aggrate1590
gratulatea1592
greeta1592
grace1595
arride1600
complease1604
honey1604
agrade1611
oblectate1611
oblige1652
placentiate1694
flatter1695
to shine up to1882
fancy-
1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) i. iv. 18 Compleasing themselues more in the opinions and fancies of men, than reason required.
1608 T. Hudson tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Ivdith vi. 88 in J. Sylvester Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) I your sweete embracings wil complease.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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