† complairev.
Obsolete.
To be complaisant to, to gratify.
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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-
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 103 He emploied him self..to complaire & plese a partye of the citezeyns.
1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xi. ix He that wolde not lose the grace ne the love of two for to complaire and plese one.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xxvii. 49 They..thought more to complaire and plese their amorettes..than to plese god.
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v.1477- to look on the etc side
- to look on the etc side of
- to look on the etc side of something
- to look on the gloomy side
- to look on the positive side
- to look on the wine when it is red
- to look on with a different eye
- to look on with another eye
- to look one way and row another
- to look one's age
- to look one's best
- to look one's last
- to look one'the last
- to look oneself
- to look out
- to look out for
- to look out of
- to look out of a place
- to look over
- to look over one's shoulder
- to look parsnips
- to look right through
- to look right through a person
- to look round
- to look round about