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outplease

verb

Etymology

From out- + please.

  1. derived from *pleHk-✻ — “pleasingness, permission”
  2. derived from placeō — “to please, to seem good”
  3. derived from plaise
  4. inherited from plesen
  5. prefixed as outplease — “out + please”

Definitions

  1. To surpass in pleasing.

    • Dr. Ed Wheat has sagely said, “Every physical union should be a contest to see which partner can outplease the other.”

The neighborhood

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