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单词 applease
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appleasev.

Forms: late Middle English apleyse, 1600s–1700s applease; Scottish pre-1700 aplease, pre-1700 aplese, pre-1700 applease, pre-1700 apleis, pre-1700 appleis, pre-1700 apples, pre-1700 applese, pre-1700 applessit (past participle), pre-1700 applessyt (past participle).
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix1, please v.
Etymology: Apparently < a- prefix1 + please v. Compare Old French aplaisir (noun) grace, favour, good course of action (13th or 14th cent.; apparently < a , preposition (see a- prefix5) + plaisir pleasure n.), Old Occitan aplazer gift (12th cent.), Spanish †aplacer (verb) to please (15th cent. or earlier).
Obsolete.
transitive. To please, gratify, or propitiate (a person); to content, satisfy.
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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-
the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be content or satisfied with [verb (transitive)] > content or satisfy
paya1200
apaya1250
pleasec1350
assythc1375
savourc1390
filsen?a1425
satisfy?a1425
sufficec1430
satify1434
applease1470
content1477
assethe1481
appetite1509
syth1513
satisfice?1531
gratify1569
gree1570
explenish1573
promerit1582
accommodate1624
placentiate1694
1470 in J. Fullarton Rec. Burgh Prestwick (1834) 16 To the said tyme the communite be fulleli aplesit, content, & assithit of alsmekle gudis.
a1475 Visio Philiberti (Brogyntyn) in J. O. Halliwell Early Eng. Misc. (1855) 18 (MED) I wylle apposse Thin wloge, yf hit do the apleyse.
c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Aiij To do the thyng that mycht hym best appleis.
1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo 132 in Wks. (1931) I. 60 That daye dame Ceres, goddes of the corne, Full Ioyfullie Iohane Upponland applesit.
1609 A. Gardyne Garden Grave & Godlie Flowres sig. H3 v Thair is in vs, no good affection found..Nor manner how thy bidding to obey, Nor how aplease thy maiestie we may.
a1627 A. Craig Pilgrime & Heremite (1631) sig. A3v Let this then applease thee, good Pilgrime.
1666 T. Davidson Cantus, Songs & Fancies sig. I4 If they will be apleased for to mell with me.
1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lvii. 256 And all this is submitted to—to appease the Duke of Grafton!—To gratify the man, who has involved the King and his kingdom in confusion and distress.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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