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please God

please God interjection: if it pleases God; God willing.

Interjection

  1. If it pleases God; God willing.

Origin of please God

absolute construction; comparable to the phrase (if) it (should/might) please God (present subjunctive mood); apt to be reanalyzed by many listeners today as if vocative/direct address (e.g., please God grant, in second person and imperative mood), but absolute and subjunctive in origin.

Questions about please God

What does please God mean?
Please God means if it pleases God; God willing.
What part of speech is please God?
Please God is an interjection.

Words near please God in the dictionary

  1. please clap
  2. please excuse my dear Aunt Sally
  3. please explain
  4. please explains
  5. please find attached
  6. please God
  7. please help me
  8. please repeat after me
  9. please say that again
  10. please sit down
  11. please speak more slowly

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