complease

From Latin complaceo.

complease (third-person singular simple present compleases, present participle compleasing, simple past and past participle compleased)

1. to convince
   • 1839, Friedrich Schiller, The song of the bell and other poems, page 88:

     The Germans seem to complease themselves in this sort of dubious and misty conception of things; which cloudiness, indeed, some people even elsewhere fancy they think to be essentially poetical.

   • 1890, Matteo Bandello, The Novels: Now First Done Into English Prose and Verse, page 219:

     Howeve, in case that which I shall require of you may belike seem to you grievous and hard to put in execution, I would fain know from you if you will do it or not, else hope not that I am ever like, what while I have breath in my body, to do aught to complease you.

   • 1913, Sir John Salusbury, Robert Chester, Poems, page 63:

     Who once immite [sic] his furie did surcease, And way-white waûes to vieû her did redound, Breaking at her sight her empire to complease, And blustring windes their forces did release, Least that their tûmult might her eares offend,

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