KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: To give pleasure or satisfaction to; to be agreeable or acceptable to; to gratify. Sense 2: To choose, desire, will, or see fit.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Exodus 21:8
Complete exact-word concordance
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
I charge you, O ye daughters of Ierusalem, by the Roes, and by the hindes of the field, that ye stirre not vp, nor awake my loue, till she please.
1611 marginal noteHeb. I adiure you.
1611 marginal noteChap.3.5. and 8.4.
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
I charge you, O ye daughters of Ierusalem, by the Roes and by the Hindes of the field, that ye stirre not vp, nor awake my loue, till he please.
1611 marginal noteChap 2.7. and 8.4.
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
I charge you, O daughters of Ierusalem, that ye stirre not vp, nor awake my loue vntill he please.
1611 marginal noteHeb. why should yee stirre vp, or why,&c?
1611 marginal noteChap.3.5. and 2.7.
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Historical English dictionary sources
To condescend; to comply; to be pleased; a word of ceremony.
