Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To please excessively.
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- verb To
please excessively.
Etymologies
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Examples
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A subscription was opened to offer a commemorative medal in gold to the unfortunate widow, and this again did not overplease the police.
Abraham Lincoln. IV 1916
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Bab and I sang and were mighty merry as we could be there, where the rest of the company did not overplease.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 42: March/April 1665-66 Samuel Pepys 1668
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Bab and I sang and were mighty merry as we could be there, where the rest of the company did not overplease.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1666 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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Bab and I sang and were mighty merry as we could be there, where the rest of the company did not overplease.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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Bab and I sang and were mighty merry as we could be there, where the rest of the company did not overplease.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Mar/Apr 1665/66 Pepys, Samuel 1666
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