Related:

• PLEASE, v. To lay the foundation for a superstructure of imposition.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Adore, v.: To venerate expectantly.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• BEFRIEND, v.t. To make an ingrate. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• Contempt, n. The feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed.
  -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PITIFUL, adj. The state of an enemy of opponent after an imaginary encounter with oneself.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PARDON, v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime.
  To add to the lure of crime the temptation of ingratitude....
• PRAY, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• RECOLLECT, v. To recall with additions something not previously known.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...