Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to complease
Participle: compleased
Gerund: compleasing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | complease |
| you | complease |
| he;she;it | compleases |
| we | complease |
| you | complease |
| they | complease |
Perfect
| I | have compleased |
| you | have compleased |
| he;she;it | has compleased |
| we | have compleased |
| you | have compleased |
| they | have compleased |
Past
| I | compleased |
| you | compleased |
| he;she;it | compleased |
| we | compleased |
| you | compleased |
| they | compleased |
Pluperfect
| I | had compleased |
| you | had compleased |
| he;she;it | had compleased |
| we | had compleased |
| you | had compleased |
| they | had compleased |
Future
| I | will complease |
| you | will complease |
| he;she;it | will complease |
| we | will complease |
| you | will complease |
| they | will complease |
Future Perfect
| I | will have compleased |
| you | will have compleased |
| he;she;it | will have compleased |
| we | will have compleased |
| you | will have compleased |
| they | will have compleased |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | complease |
| you | complease |
| he;she;it | complease |
| we | complease |
| you | complease |
| they | complease |
Perfect
| I | have compleased |
| you | have compleased |
| he;she;it | have compleased |
| we | have compleased |
| you | have compleased |
| they | have compleased |
Imperfect
| I | compleased |
| you | compleased |
| he;she;it | compleased |
| we | compleased |
| you | compleased |
| they | compleased |
Pluperfect
| I | had compleased |
| you | had compleased |
| he;she;it | had compleased |
| we | had compleased |
| you | had compleased |
| they | had compleased |
Conditional
Present
| I | would complease |
| you | would complease |
| he;she;it | would complease |
| we | would complease |
| you | would complease |
| they | would complease |
Perfect
| I | would have compleased |
| you | would have compleased |
| he;she;it | would have compleased |
| we | would have compleased |
| you | would have compleased |
| they | would have compleased |
Imperative
| you | complease |
| we | Let's complease |
| you | complease |
Verbs conjugated like 'complease'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'complease'
compense,
compleat,
complete,
corelease,
cocktease,
compane,
compare,
compass,
compear,
compere,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle French complaire, from Latin complaceō. See: Latin '
complaceō'.
Verbs referencing "complease"
Portuguese
comprazer.
Sample Sentences
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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. [1839, Friedrich Schiller, The song of the bell and other poems, page 88:]
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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. [1890, Matteo Bandello, The Novels: Now First Done Into English Prose and Verse, page 219:]
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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, [1913, Sir John Salusbury, Robert Chester, Poems, page 63:]