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I have only found the ～ませ conjugation used in the following honorific verbs:

  1. いらっしゃいませ
  2. くださいませ
  3. なさいませ

Can the conjugation be applied to other honorific verbs, like おっしゃいませ or
めしあがりませ?

Or even common verbs, like がんばりませ or つづきませ?
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verbs conjugations honorifics
General applicability of the ～ませ conjugation
`ませ` is the imperative form of the polite `ます`.

For all of your examples, you cannot directly add `ませ`, but you can add
`くださいませ`:

>   * おっしゃってくださいませ
>   * 召し上がってくださいませ
>   * 頑張ってくださいませ
>   * 続いてくださいませ
>

or `なさいませ`:

>   * おっしゃいなさいませ
>   * 召し上がりなさいませ
>   * 頑張りなさいませ
>   * 続きなさいませ
>

Probably, only a few verbs including the ones Lukman mentions have the
conjugation `ませ`. And ento found that `召しませ`, is also possible.

My speculation for this is that only the verbs that:

  1. have an auxiliary usage besides its main verb usage, and
  2. are [suppletive](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppletion) honorification

have the `ませ` conjugation.

>   * いらっしゃる, いる 'be' [As main verb]
>   * 召し上がって **いらっしゃる** , 食べて **いる** 'have been' [As auxiliary]
>   * くださる, くれる 'give to me' [As main verb]
>   * 召し上がって **くださる** , 食べて **くれる** 'eat for me' [As auxiliary]
>   * なさる, する 'do' [As main verb]
>   * 召し上がり **なさる** , お食べに **なる** [As auxiliary]
>
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