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pleased

Meaning of “pleased”

Past-tense, past-participial, or adjectival form of please. Sense 1: Gave pleasure or satisfaction to, was agreeable or acceptable to, or was gratified. Sense 2: Chose, desired, willed, or saw fit.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
62 occurrences61 verses27 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 28:8

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Psalms 51:19
Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 51:19 · retained source text

Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousnesse, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullockes vpon thine altar.

Psalms 115:3
But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 115:3 · retained source text

But our God is in the heauens: he hath done whatsoeuer he pleased.

1611 marginal notePsal.135.6

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Historical definitions

Gratified; affected with agreeable sensations or emotions.

volume 2, leaf 309, column 3 (main_dictionary)