Misplease

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To fail in pleasing; displease. transitive

    "Oh, i [sic] have one great Fear to misplease Him, and I pray He give me more of that Fear each Day, He my heavenly Father, not the Fear like Olga to the Knout, but to fear I misplease Him my Father, and make me not worthy of His Love."

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displeasedisplease

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"Oh, i [sic] have one great Fear to misplease Him, and I pray He give me more of that Fear each Day, He my heavenly Father, not the Fear like Olga to the Knout, but to fear I misplease Him my Father, and make me not worthy of His Love."

Etymology

From Middle English misplesen, equivalent to mis- + please. Compare Old French mesplaire.

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