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displease

/dɪsˈpliːz/ verb

In Latin: displiceō Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about displease at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Give displeasure to.

Origin

English dis- + please, from Middle English displesen, from Anglo-Norman despleisir, desplere, from Old French desplere (des- + plere).

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