Definition of "well-pleasing" []

• Acceptable; pleasing.
• That which is well pleasing; also, the act of pleasing or satisfying. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight."
• "The fruits of unity (next unto the well-pleasing of God, which is all in all) are two; the one towards those that are without the church, the other towards those that are within."
• "And what I value most, freedom to spend whole days in pure scholastic intercourse182 with Socrates, to whom I am devoted. 183 And he, on his side, is not the person to admire those whose tale of gold and silver happens to be the largest, but those who are well-pleasing to him he chooses for companions, and will consort with to the end."