please God
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
absolute construction; comparable to the phrase (if) it 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.
Interjection[edit]
- If it pleases God; God willing.