rare. The fact of being highly pleased, or of giving great pleasure.
1382. Wyclif, Ps. lxxxviii. 18. In thi wel plesing [Vulg. in beneplacito tuo] shal ben enhauncid oure horn.
c. 1450. trans. De Imitatione, III. liv. 130. Ioy þou … in my welplesing & worship [in mei solius beneplacito ac honore].
1625. Bacon, Ess., Unity Relig. (Arb.), 423. The Fruits of Vnity (next vnto the well Pleasing of God, which is All in All) are two.
