"outplease" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: outpleases [present, singular, third-person], outpleasing [participle, present], outpleased [participle, past], outpleased [past]
Etymology: out- + please Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|please}} out- + please Head templates: {{en-verb}} outplease (third-person singular simple present outpleases, present participle outpleasing, simple past and past participle outpleased)
  1. (transitive) To surpass in pleasing. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-outplease-en-verb-I2Wn6A7r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with out-

Inflected forms

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