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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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complaisant

Part of SpeechadjectivePronunciation/kəmˈpleɪsənt/Used In Literature ↓

Compliant.

Origin

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Common Phrases

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Poetry examples for complaisant

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

I have rid you of that with a spurt of my sword point. Good luck

to your pleasure. She will be quite complaisant, my friend, I wager."

The end was a splashed flourish of ink.

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