superplease en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From super- + please.
Meanings
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(transitive) To please exceedingly.
But careless of all vulgar censure, as not depending on common approbation, he is confident it shall superplease judicious spectators
1632 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Magnetick Lady: Or, Humors Reconcil’d. A Comedy […]”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| superpleased | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| superpleased | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| superpleases | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| superpleasing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |