"misplease" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: mispleases [present, singular, third-person], mispleasing [participle, present], mispleased [participle, past], mispleased [past]
Etymology: From Middle English misplesen, equivalent to mis- + please. Compare Old French mesplaire. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|misplesen}} Middle English misplesen, {{prefix|en|mis|please}} mis- + please, {{cog|fro|mesplaire}} Old French mesplaire Head templates: {{en-verb}} misplease (third-person singular simple present mispleases, present participle mispleasing, simple past and past participle mispleased)
  1. (transitive) To fail in pleasing; displease. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-misplease-en-verb-HPxukG9a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

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